Print Journalism

Print Journalism provides an up-to-date overview of the skills needed to work within the newspaper and magazine industries. This critical approach to newspaper and magazine practice highlights historical, theoretical, ethical and political debates and includes tips on the everyday skills of newspaper and magazine journalists, as well as tips for online writing and production. Crucial skills highlighted include: sourcing the news interviewing sub editing feature writing and editing reviewing designing pages pitching features In addition separate chapters focus on ethics, reporting courts, covering politics and copyright whilst others look at the history of newspapers and magazines, the structure of the UK print industry (including its financial organization) and the development of journalism education in the UK, helping to place the coverage of skills within a broader, critical context. All contributors are experienced practicing journalists as well as journalism educators from a broad range of UK universities.

ISBN 0415358825   Pages 368 ISBN13 9780415358828 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 657 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 16 Aug 2005   Width (mm) 174 Library of Congress PN4775.P73   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 070.17   Academic level General, Tertiary education, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

Pt. I		Context : history, structure and business of print media		1
1		The print industry - yesterday, today and tomorrow : an overview by Martin Conboy		3
2		The structure of the print industry by Peter Cole		21
3		Profits and the public interest : the business of newspapers and magazines by Iain Stevenson		39
Pt. II		Practice : sourcing, news, features, comment, reviews, production and going online		53
4		'Get me a great quote' : sourcing and research by Sharon Wheeler		55
5		The dos and don'ts of interviewing by Sharon Wheeler		63
6		Practice and theory : what is news? by Sarah Niblock		73
7		Beyond the inverted pyramid : developing news-writing skills by Sharon Wheeler		83
8		Staying calm under pressure : the role of the news editor by Sarah Niblock		95
9		News subbing simplified by Sharon Wheeler		105
10		What makes a good feature? : the different genres by Jane Taylor		117
11		The right idea at the right time : pitching the feature by Tony Harcup		129
12		Doing it in style : feature writing by Tony Harcup		139
13		Facing the challenge of feature editing by Tim Holmes		149
14		Creating identities, building communities : why comment? by Tim Holmes		159
15		Getting personal : how to write comment by Tim Holmes		169
16		The art of reviewing by Rod Allen		179
17		Design for print media by Chris Frost		189
18		From Blogrolls and Wikis to big business : going online by Neil Thurman		225
19		Journalism in a non-linear, screen-based environment : practical online skills by Neil Thurman		235
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'a rich and broad resource ... a distillation of experience, knowledge and analysis between the covers of one book' Marie Kinsey, THES 'This publication covers every possible aspect of print journalism... one of the best short explanations of a complex issue I have seen for quite some time.' - Mantex.co.uk

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