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"This new edition of The Newspapers Handbook presents an enlightening examination of an ever-evolving industry, engaging with key contemporary issues, including reporting in the digital age and ethical and legislative issues following the hacking scandal to display a comprehensive anatomy of th...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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Media practice
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"This new edition of The Newspapers Handbook presents an enlightening examination of an ever-evolving industry, engaging with key contemporary issues, including reporting in the digital age and ethical and legislative issues following the hacking scandal to display a comprehensive anatomy of the modern newsroom. Ian Reeves and Richard Lance Keeble offer readers expert practical advice, drawing on a wide range of examples from print and digital news sources to illustrate best practice and the political, technological and financial realities of newspaper journalism today. Other key areas explored include: the language of newsbasic reporting, the art of interviewing, feature writing, the role of social media in reporting investigative reporting, court reporting, reporting on national and local government, guidance on training and careers for those entering the industry."--Publisher information. |
| Item Description: | "First published 1994"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-324) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415666527 (pbk) : 041566652X (pbk) |
| Index Number: | PN4783 |
| CLC: | G215-62 |
| Call Number: | G215-62/V261/5th ed. |
| Contents: |
From Grub Street to pub tweet: anatomy of an industry -- From print to multi-platform: anatomy of a newspaper -- Press gangs and endangered species: anatomy of the modern newsroom -- Journalism in the dock: ethics, Hrckgate and beyond -- Standing the story up: reporting basics -- Learning the language of news -- News reporting in the digital age -- Feature writing: painting pictures with words -- art of interviewing -- Investigative reporting: the good, the bad and the ugly / wrong arm of the law? Newspapers and legislation -- human life: covering the courts / Powerful information: reporting national and local government / On or off the job--or both? Training and careers. |