ISBN: 0761969675 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Karen Sanders Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd Number of Pages: 208
What are ethics Why does ethical journalism matter How do ethics affect good journalism Ethics and Journalism provides a comprehensive overview of the main approaches to ethical enquiry in Western journalism It examines the ethical dilemmas faced by journalists in all areas of the media and sets our ways of achieving ethical journalism Ethics and Journalism: - Explores such subjects as: private lives and the public interest relations to sources and coverage of death disease and destruction - Examines the role of regulation and self-regulation of the media industry - Discusses strategies of good journalism - Thoroughly examines the role of industry codes Ethics and Journalism is informed by interviews with top journalists and editors and is written in a clear and accessible style It includes an exhaustive bibliography as well as an excellent list of relevant web-sites It will be essential reading for all journalism media and politics students studying journalism and ethics as well as for those who already work in the media and are interested in understanding ethical issues
ISBN: 1405144165 Binding: Paperback Edition: 11 Author(s): Tom E. Rolnicki, C. Dow Tate, Sherri Taylor Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Number of Pages: 448
For more than 50 years Scholastic Journalism has served as a comprehensive textbook and guide for high school journalism students teachers and advisors This landmark 11th edition now includes updated information on the dynamic changes taking place in the field It is the ideal textbook to teach students the basic skills of collecting interviewing reporting and writing in journalism
Explores the ever-increasing concern with dissemination of information and how new forms of media and media technology expand the potential for informing entertaining and persuading audiences
Eleventh edition features enhanced chapters on online writing and reporting technology and new media and broadcasting and its connections with traditional print journalism
Extends the textbooks tradition of introducing students to the basics of good journalism and blends it with the methods and demands of contemporary media
The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age, Updated Second Edition
ISBN: 0826218776 Binding: Paperback Edition: Updated Second Edition Author(s): Philip Meyer Publisher: University of Missouri Press Number of Pages: 264
Five years ago in "The Vanishing Newspaper" Philip Meyer offered the newspaper industry a business model for preserving and stabilizing the social responsibility functions of the press in a way that could outlast technology-driven changes in media forms Now he has updated this groundbreaking volume taking current declines in circulation and the number of dailies into consideration and offering a greater variety of ways to save journalism Meyer's 'influence model' is based on the premise that a newspaper's main product is not news or information but influence: societal influence which is not for sale and commercial influence which is The model is supported by an abundance of empirical evidence including statistical assessments of the quality and influence of the journalist's product as well as its effects on business success Meyer now applies this empirical evidence to recent developments such as the impact of Craigslist and current trends in information technologies New charts show how a surge in newsroom employment propped up readership in the 1980s and data on the effects of newsroom desegregation are now included Meyer's most controversial suggestion making certification available for reporters and editors has been gaining ground This new edition discusses several examples of certificate programs that are emerging in organizations both old and new Understanding the relationship between quality and profit probably will not save traditional newspapers but Meyer argues that such knowledge can guide new media enterprises He believes that we have the tools to sustain high-quality journalism and preserve its unique social functions though in a transformed way
China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism (Asian Voices)
ISBN: 0742556689 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Judy Polumbaum Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Number of Pages: 214
This lively book explores individual and societal changes in contemporary China through the compelling personal accounts of young Chinese journalists China's media are central to public life in the most populous nation on earth and have also become increasingly relevant to communication and understanding on a global scale Through a series of engaging oral histories Judy Polumbaum puts a human face on vital political and philosophical issues of freedom of expression and information that will shape China's future The author's extended and frank conversations with journalists from a range of news outlets reveal diversity passion humor and optimism that belie the stereotype of journalists as cogs in a rigidly controlled machine Neither dissidents nor paragons but rather people working day in and day out within China's existing and evolving media these talented and ambitious reporters open new windows to understanding Chinese journalism and intellectual life Some of their tales could happen only in China; others will resonate with readers everywhere As the first book to explore experiences and ideas of everyday journalists who are helping to shape their rapidly changing country this unique and timely work will appeal to all those interested in China's dynamic society
Video Journalism for the Web: A Practical Introduction to Documentary Storytelling
ISBN: 0415892678 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Kurt Lancaster Publisher: Routledge Number of Pages: 192
As more newspapers and broadcast news outlets transition online reporters and photojournalists are being asked to provide more and more video for their stories This book teaches students and professional journalists how to shoot better video and tell better stories on the web Creating multimedia video journalism requires more than simply adapting traditional broadcast journalism techniques so Kurt Lancaster provides students with a strong understanding of cinematic storytelling and documentary production in order to make their videos stand out This book introduces students to all of the basic skills and techniques of good video journalism and documentary storytelling from shots and camera movements to sound and editing Shooting exercises throughout the book ask students to put these techniques into practice Case studies and interviews with multimedia video journalists also offer real-world perspectives on a career in news video
The Craft of Corporate Journalism: Writing and Editing Creative Organizational Publications
ISBN: 1449551645 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Lionel L Fisher Publisher: CreateSpace Number of Pages: 186
The Craft of Corporate Journalism is a dynamic reference guide for business journalists corporate communicators and writers and editors of organizational publications It is an indispensable manual that will be used daily by beginners and seasoned corporate writerseditors alike in the daily business of crafting creative organizational publications Lionel Fisher writes in a fresh down-to-earth style honed by his forty-five years of experience as a corporate communicator newspaper correspondentcolumnist advertisingpublic relations creative director-copy chief and as a freelance writer specializing in business-sales-marketing-organizational communications He provides essential hands-on counsel instruction and advice on the esoteric challenges of corporate writing The seminal message Fisher conveys is that business-related magazines newsletters ezines and other organizational publications need not be dull dry or merely informational Rather corporate journalists must earn and sustain the interest of their readers which can only be done with powerful writing His descriptive instruction and crisp counsel is packed with riveting examples of journalistic and business prose to illustrate critical points as he teaches organizational communicators how to write The author's engaging iconoclastic style instructs on the essentials of corporate and business writing: How to craft powerful leads; compose and edit articles with the proper structure pace and flow; nurture creativity; dissolve writer's block and interview effectively But organizational communicators must do more than just produce outstanding feature and news stories They are also responsible for organizing their material into attractive seductive packages They must target and involve readers; present appetizing arrays of news and feature stories; define and tailor their publications; set stylistic guidelines; motivate correspondents; and much much more
ISBN: 0330411926 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Andrew Marr Publisher: Macmillan UK Number of Pages: 300
How do you decide what is a "story" and what isn't What does a newspaper editor actually do all day The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more Andrew Marr's brilliantly funny book is a guide for those of us who read newspapers or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more
Teenage Hipster in the Modern World: From the Birth of Punk to the Land of Bush: Thirty Years of Apocalyptic Journalism
ISBN: 0802170080 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1ST Author(s): Mark Jacobson Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat Number of Pages: 480
In the pages of The Village Voice Rolling Stone Esquire New York Maxim and GQ Mark Jacobson has carried on in the tradition of such titans as Joe Mitchell A J Liebling Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill as one of New York City's finest journalistic provocateurs Now he collects the best of his years in Teenage Hipster in the Modern World Jacobson has been witness to a decidedly different sort of history His "beats" range far and wide delving into the realms of politics sports and celebrity in pieces on such luminaries as Bob Dylan Julius Erving Chuck Berry Pam Grier (in her Scream Blacula Scream days) Martin Scorsese and many others But for Jacobson New York City has always been Topic Number One Jacobson tells the story of the city in his classic essays on the beginnings of punk rock back in the times of "pregentrification" to the heart-wrenching days of 911 With a foreword from best-selling author Richard Price Teenage Hipster in the Modern World is a hilarious and poignant snapshot of a city a generation and a man who wonders how he went from hanging out at CBGB to being an AARP card-holding father of three
News with a View: Essays on the Eclipse of Objectivity in Modern Journalism
ISBN: 0786465891 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Burton, III St. John Publisher: Mcfarland Number of Pages: 274
Modern mainstream journalism faces a very real disturbance of its foundational premise that credible news is gathered and articulated from an objective stance This volume offers new examinations of how the traditional notion of objectivity is changing as professional journalists grapple with a rapidly evolving news terrain--one that has become increasingly crowded by those with no journalistic credentials Examining historical antecedents current dilemmas international aspects and theoretical considerations contributors make the case that the journalist's impulse to hold onto objectivity and to ignore the increasing subjectivities to which citizens are attuned actually contributes to the news media's disconnect from today's news consumer Revealing how traditional journalism needs to incorporate "post-objective" stances these essays stimulate further thought and conversation about news with a view in both theory and practice
ISBN: 0262014874 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Ian Bogost, Simon Ferrari, Bobby Schweizer Publisher: The MIT Press Number of Pages: 248
Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle to survive But most online journalism just translates existing practices to the Web: stories are written and edited as they are for print; video and audio features are produced as they would be for television and radio The authors of Newsgames propose a new way of doing good journalism: videogames Videogames are native to computers rather than a digitized form of prior media Games simulate how things work by constructing interactive models; journalism as game involves more than just revisiting old forms of news production Wired magazine's game Cutthroat Capitalism for example explains the economics of Somali piracy by putting the player in command of a pirate ship offering choices for hostage negotiation strategies Videogames do not offer a panacea for the ills of contemporary news organizations But if the industry embraces them as a viable method of doing journalism--not just an occasional treat for online readers--newsgames can make a valuable contribution
