Journalism Books

Book SynopsisWith an anthology edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson

Read more less

Book SynopsisNick Davies writes investigative stories for the Guardian, and has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year in British press awards. Between July 2009 and July 2011, he wrote more than a hundred stories about crime in Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. He has written six books including White Lies and Dark Heart, and the bestselling Flat Earth News, exposing falsehood and propaganda in news media. Hack Attack is his latest book.He has three children and lives in Sussex.Trade ReviewImportant, vital, urgent * Financial Times *Meticulous, fair-minded and utterly gripping -- Sam Leith * Daily Telegraph *If you read newspapers, you MUST read this book -- John HumphrysA must-read for anyone worried about journalism - which, on this analysis, should be everyone -- Ian HislopPowerful and timely...his analysis is fair, meticulously researched and fascinating * Observer *

Read more less

Book SynopsisAre you considering a career in the world of publishing, or simply want to understand more about the industry? If so, The Publishing Business will take you through the essential publishing activities performed in editorial, rights, design, production, sales and marketing departments. International examples from across the industry, from children''s books to academic monographs, demonstrate key responsibilities at each stage of the publishing process and how the industry is adapting to digital culture. This 3rd edition has been updated with more on the role of self-publishing, independent publishers, audio books, the rise of poetry and non-fiction and how the industry is facing up to challenges of sustainability, inclusivity and diversity.Beautifully designed and full of insight and advice from practitioner interviews, this is an essential introduction to a dynamic industry. Interviewees include:Anne Meadows, Commissioning EditoTrade ReviewThis third edition of The Publishing Business does an excellent job of updating what was already a valuable learning resource. With its helpful layout and structure, this is a thoroughly contemporary publishing textbook and a perfect introduction for anybody wanting to learn about and engage with this dynamic creative industry. * Dr David Barker, Senior Lecturer in Publishing, University of Derby, UK *The most recent edition of The Publishing Business integrates valuable updates for new students, including information on social media developments, ethical issues surrounding access to book culture, and insights into newly created positions in the publishing industry. This text continues to be an important teaching resource for publishing studies courses. -- Dr Solveig C. Robinson, Director, Publishing & Printing Arts Program, Pacific Lutheran University, Washington, USA[Praise for the previous editions] Provides an excellent introduction to contemporary publishing. It is recommended reading for anyone wanting up-to-date information about roles and responsibilities in this global industry. -- Sally Hughes, Oxford Brookes University, UKBeautifully produced and illustrated, The Publishing Business provides a clear and succinct overview of what it means to be a publisher in an era of rapid technological change. The use of diagrams and case studies helps to convey complex information in a clear and meaningful way. A useful reference guide for publishing professionals. -- Penelope Woolf, Editorial Director, Oxford University Press, UKI think the book is superb! It looks so much better than any existing textbook on the subject, and practises what it preaches: it is a real visual feast for a visual medium. I shall definitely be recommending it as the main source that students need for their course. A really great production feat! -- Brenda Stones, City University, LondonThe Publishing Business represents not only a thoroughly researched and comprehensive guide to contemporary publishing but also an example of what a well designed and accessible textbook should be. -- Prof Alistair McCleery, Edinburgh Napier UniversityA book that addresses the editorial process in a clear, concise, summarized and instructive way is most refreshing. -- Blog of the School of BookstoreTable of ContentsIntroduction People And Publishing: Who Does What In Book Publishing? Chapter-By-Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Publishing A Very Short Of History of Publishing Why Finance Matters The Relationship between Different Parts of Industry The Global and Local Fundamentals Ethical Issues in Publishing Interview: Namrata Tripathi, Founder and Publisher of Kokila Preparing For a Future in Publishing Interview: Anne Meadows, Commissioning Editor at Granta and Portobello Books Case Study: Bertelsmann and Random House Summary 2. The Publishing Ecosystem Varieties of Publication- Markets and Audiences International Publishing – The Global Market Print and Ebooks Audiobooks Interview: Alba Proko, Audio Manager, Bookouture “Diversity” In Children’s Books Journals, Magazines and Newspapers Who Adds Value to the Publishing Process? Case Study: Amazon and EBSCO Interview: Zaahida Nabagereka, Head of Social Impact at Penguin Books UK Summary 3. Writers, Readers and Intermediaries Authors, Illustrators, Creators and Their Rights Agents and Other Gatekeepers Network and Opinion Formers Prizes Small and Independent Presses Channels to Readers and Buyers Case Study: Frankfurt Book Fair Interview: Ashleigh Gardner, Senior Vice President, Managing Director Global Publishing, Wattpad Interview: Caroline Walsh, Literary Agent, David Higham Associates Summary 4. Editorial Process Policy and Planning: List Building and Market Niches Commissioning: Research, Reputation and Funds Contractual Matters: Formats and Co-Editions Editorial Work: From Submissions to Publication Interview: Breanna McDaniel, Author and Sensitivity Reader Case Study: A Guide for Dummies Interview: Peter Blackstock, VP, Deputy Publisher, Grove Atlantic/Publisher, Grove Press UK Summary 5. Rights How Different Rights Developed Range Of Rights Who Is Involved In Selling Rights Case Study: The Rights Potential of Children's Books Interview: Amy Ellis, Head of Rights and Permissions, Publishers' Licensing Services Interview: Victoria Lawrance, Rights Manager, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Summary 6. Design and Production Platforms and Formats Appropriate For the Content Scheduling the Publication Process Controlling Costs and Establishing Prices Case Study: Horrible Histories Interview: Shaun Hodgkinson, COO, Dorling Kindersley Interview: Thomas Truong, Publishing Director, Little Tiger Group Summary 7. Print and Digital Publishing Choosing From a Variety of Media and Formats Legalities of Publishing in a Wired World Digital Workflow and Software Standard Communication for Print and E-Publications Case Study: Print and Digital at the University Presses Interview: Jenny Blenk, Associate Editor, Dark Horse Comics Interview: Jeanette Morton, Digital Publisher, Oxford University Press Summary 8. Marketing, Sales and Distribution Marketing Communication through Promotion and Publicity Interview: Maria Vassilopoulos, Publishing Sales, Uni of Wales Press and Calon Books Managing Budgets and Schedules Supply Chains Using Feedback to Monitor Success Case Study: Persephone Books Interview: Ian Lamb, Head Of Children's Marketing and Publicity, Simon and Schuster Summary Conclusion Glossary Bibliography and Resources The Publishing Year: Book Fairs and Other Major Publishing Events Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisA Guardian Science Book of the Year 2022 ‘When science hits the headlines, Fiona Fox ... is at the heart of the action’ Financial Times ‘This is how to talk about science’ Justin Webb Do you remember the ‘Climategate’ email leak? Or the ‘Frankenfood’-style headlines about the perils of GM foods? What about the time the government sacked its own science advisor for challenging drug laws? Beyond the Hype takes us behind the scenes of some of the most contentious stories in science over the past two decades. From animal research and genetically modified foods to hybrid embryos and a global pandemic, it demonstrates the vital importance of scientists talking to the media – and warns of the damage to public understanding when scientists are silenced on the defining issues of our times PRAISE FOR BEYOND THE HYPE ‘The way the media covers science stories and breakthroughs has never been more important or relevant . . . This book should be recommended reading’ Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of The Life Scientific ‘The pandemic has repeatedly shown the vital necessity for accurate reporting of science . . . Fox provides some riveting stories about the ups and downs of this continuing struggle.’ David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics ‘Engaging, illuminating, important’ Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism ‘A vivid account of how journalists and scientists interact’ David Willetts, former Minister for Universities and Science ‘A lively insider’s account’ Times Literary Supplement ‘A candid inside account . . . [Fox] reveals how frontline science can be just as messy, complex and feudal as any political drama.’ Anjana Ahuja, co-author of Spike: The Virus Versus the PeopleTrade Review‘A lively insider’s account’ Times Literary Supplement ‘When science hits the headlines, Fiona Fox ... is at the heart of the action’ Financial Times ‘This is how to talk about science’ Justin Webb ‘A candid inside account . . . [Fox] reveals how frontline science can be just as messy, complex and feudal as any political drama.’ Anjana Ahuja, co-author of Spike: The Virus Versus the People ‘The way the media covers science stories and breakthroughs has never been more important or relevant . . . This book should be recommended reading’ Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of The Life Scientific ‘The pandemic has repeatedly shown the vital necessity for accurate reporting of science . . . Fox provides some riveting stories about the ups and downs of this continuing struggle.’ David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics ‘Engaging, illuminating, important’ Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism ‘A vivid account of how journalists and scientists interact’ David Willetts, former Minister for Universities and Science

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review"An affecting, singular story . . . a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." — Kirkus Reviews "Powerful." — People

Read more less

Book SynopsisA behind-the-scenes look at the struggles between visual journalists and officials over what the public sees--and therefore much of what the public knows--of the criminal justice system. In the contexts of crime, social justice, and the law, nothing in visual media is as it seems. In today''s mediated social world, visual communication has shifted to a democratic sphere that has significantly changed the way we understand and use images as evidence. In Seeing Justice, Mary Angela Bock examines the way criminal justice in the US is presented in visual media by focusing on the grounded practices of visual journalists in relationship with law enforcement. Drawing upon extended interviews, participant observation, contemporary court cases, and critical discourse analysis, Bock provides a detailed examination of the way digitization is altering the relationships between media, consumers, and the criminal justice system. From tabloid coverage of the last public hanging in the US to Karen-shaming videos, from mug shots to perp walks, she focuses on the practical struggles between journalists, police, and court officials to control the way images influence their resulting narratives. Revealing the way powerful interests shape what the public sees, Seeing Justice offers a model for understanding how images are used in news narrative.Trade ReviewImpressive in scope. Thoughtful in approach. Critical in significance. Bock gives us a treasure that expertly illuminates how visual media have historically been used to depict (in)justice and, importantly, provides a roadmap to guide their ethical use into the future. * T.J. Thomson, Queensland University of Technology and author of To See and Be Seen: The Environments, Interactions, and Identities Behind News Images *Through her insight and wisdom gathered through years of work as a professional and a scholar, Mary Angela Bock has produced a much needed book about the role of all stakeholders—'law enforcement, citizens, and journalists'—in shaping visual narratives about the criminal justice system and the people who are voluntarily or involuntarily part of it. This timely book covers a full range of issues, from 'embodied gatekeeping' through misrepresentation and re-contextualization in media. Far too often, the result of these imaging and viewing practices is seeing unjustly. * Julianne H. Newton, Professor of Visual Communication, University of Oregon *Bock provides a sophisticated account of how the press, the state, and its citizens use and produce visual narratives of justice. Moving between theory and practice with eloquence and ease, she makes a compelling case for why mediated citizenship depends on the recognition of visibility and voice. * Sandra Ristovska, University of Colorado Boulder and author of Seeing Human Rights: Video Activism as a Proxy Profession *A remarkable achievement! Informative, insightful and engaging. Seeing Justice is a compelling book that will engage and delight the reader. It exposes the way images about justice are created, contextualized and distributed, and how different social actors struggle for control of those processes. Bock's wry wit is a welcome bonus, too often missing in books of this character." * Shahira S. Fahmy, Professor, School of Journalism, University of Arizona, USA and Visiting Professor, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, Egypt *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter One: Playing with Fire Chapter Two: Images of Discipline Chapter Three: Walks of Shame Chapter Four: Spectacular Trials Chapter Five: What Picture Would They Use? Chapter Six: What's So Special About Video? Chapter Seven: Filming Police Chapter Eight: Police and Image Maintenance Chapter Nine: Everyday Racism and Rudeness Chapter Ten: Playing (Safely) With Fire Appendix Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe doctrine of neutral professionalism tells journalists that their work will be trusted if they keep themselves out of it. No, says Sue Robinson, you have put yourselves into it. You have to engage with the people you are trying to inform and come clean about your own identity as a private citizen and public professional. Her brave book, How Journalists Engage, describes the 'built environment' where an alternative—and far more humble—approach is slowly coming into view. In this detailed account of engagement work, there is a rethinking of journalism's entire professional project. I, for one, welcome that. * Jay Rosen, New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and author of What Are Journalists For? *In How Journalists Engage, Susan Robinson has done something refreshing: She's taken the chaos of an industry besieged by challenges in a turbulent world and extracted a framework that can give journalists a firmer footing. Not sure what it will take to strengthen our ties to an anxious, divided public? Her four new roles and eight new skill sets are a strong place to start. * Mónica Guzmán, Senior Fellow for Public Practice, Braver Angels, and author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times *How Journalists Engage illuminates the changing role of trust in the contemporary news ecosystem. Professor Robinson has written an important book for scholars and practitioners alike. * Pablo J. Boczkowski, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor, Northwestern University, and author of Abundance *Now more than ever, journalism is faced with the challenge of how to build trust within our increasingly fractured and polarized communities. How Journalists Engage is essential reading for anyone interested in this vital challenge. Building on rich and rigorous empirical research, including a diverse range of engagement case studies, it calls for an ethic of 'identity-aware care,' suggesting that journalists must prioritize listening to and learning from the diverse communities they serve. * Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, University Dean of Research Environment and Culture, Cardiff University, and author of Emotions, Media and Politics *The admirable research presented within its pages makes it a must-read. Furthermore, it possesses the capacity to inspire and stimulate fruitful empirical research in the realm of journalism ethics. * Y. Feng, Journal Of Media Ethics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue Chapter One: How Journalists Trust: Engagement Practices in an Industry Paradigm Shift Chapter Two: How Journalists Engage: A Theory of Trust Applied Chapter Three: How Journalists Identify: Trusting Agents of Engaged Care Chapter Four: How Journalists Might Care: Trust Building Through News Listening-to-Learn Literacies Chapter Five: How Journalists Can Listen to Learn and Learn to Listen: Two Interventions in Newsrooms and J-Schools Chapter Six: A Theory of Trust Building: Framing Journalistic Practice with an Identity-Aware Caring through Engagement Appendix References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review"City of Newsmen is a corrective to the tendency . . . to reduce everything in the pre-Vietnam period to an obsession with Communism and a blind faith in American exceptionalism. It wasn't that simple. McGarr is doing what historians should do. She is clarifying the backstory." -- Louis Menand * New Yorker *"Although a common critique of today’s media is that journalists and the 'deep state' are too enmeshed, McGarr demonstrates that such coziness is nothing new. During the Cold War, a shared sense of responsibility existed not just to inform the public but to protect them." * New York Times *“McGarr creates a riveting account—and an original analysis—of Washington’s midcentury foreign policy press corps, deftly incorporating analyses of gender, race, and religion. She also excavates a wealth of archival sources to document the social bonds within this homogeneous network, the ways that newsmen’s echo chamber influenced American foreign policy, and the tensions between journalists and state officials over government secrecy. McGarr’s skillful portrayals of historical personalities, placed within rich historical contexts, provides a compelling narrative.” * Estelle B. Freedman, author of Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation *“For a very long time, Washington journalists have been congratulating themselves on how much more independent and tough-minded they are than their mid-twentieth-century predecessors. With City of Newsmen, McGarr has given us a vivid, deeply researched account that presents the elite political press corps back then in a much more favorable light, as a highly professional group whose members were also highly constrained by the blindnesses that were pervasive in that time, place, and culture. Are Washington reporters really so different today?” * Nicholas Lemann, staff writer for The New Yorker *“With crisp, fluent prose and an eye for telling detail and quotations, McGarr tells an engrossing story of the Washington press during a critical time in world affairs. She sets up her tale with vivid portraits of the early capital, the evolution of the gentlemen’s club of foreign correspondents, and their close but contentious relations with US officials through the early Cold War. McGarr’s archival work has netted a wealth of revealing vignettes and quotations, smoothly woven together in her crisp writing.” * Robert Weisbrot, coauthor of The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change during the 1960s *“A must-read book for anyone interested in the role of journalism in US history, especially those who think they know the whole story—McGarr shows it ain’t so. For Washington-based journalists covering US diplomacy and foreign policy, objectivity was secondary to advancing internationalist values. McGarr brilliantly makes this case and makes it stick with deep archival research, reconstructing the social life and intellectual outlook of Washington reporters in the 1950s.” * Michael Schudson, author of The Rise of the Right to Know: Politics and the Culture of Transparency, 1945-1975 *"Throughout the America of the twenty-first century there is a strong sense that the media is biased and purely spreading propaganda in support of one of the two major political parties. . . . Some look to the 'good old days' of allegedly honest and patriotic news of the World War II and Cold War eras. However, students of the history of journalism are well aware that the US press has never been unbiased. As University of Wisconsin historian Kathryn J. McGarr argues. . . the Washington, DC press underwent a radical transformation during the twentieth century from being a 'clubby' and relatively unified group that maintained good relations with the federal government to having an adversarial relationship with the government, especially the presidency, beginning (surprisingly) with the Kennedy Era." * VoegelinView *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Challenging the Memories 1 1 Building a City of Gentlemen 2 The Newsmen’s Wartime Networks 3 Responsible Reporters and the Exclusive Information Economy 4 The Gentlemen of the Postwar Press 5 Battling the “Residue of Isolation” 6 Covering Imperialism in the Postwar World 7 The Breakdown Begins Conclusion: Disruption and Continuity Acknowledgments Notes Archival Collections Bibliography Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisJack Hart, master writing coach and former managing editor of the Oregonian, has guided several Pulitzer Prizewinning narratives to publication. Since its publication in 2011, his book Storycraft has become the definitive guide to crafting narrative nonfiction. This is the book to read to learn the art of storytelling as embodied in the work of writers such as David Grann, Mary Roach, Tracy Kidder, and John McPhee. In this new edition, Hart has expanded the book's range to delve into podcasting and has incorporated new insights from recent research into storytelling and the brain. He has also added dozens of new examples that illustrate effective narrative nonfiction. This edition of Storycraft is also paired with Wordcraft, a new incarnation of Hart's earlier book A Writer's Coach, now also available from Chicago. Trade Review"Instructive and essential, reading Storycraft is like finding the secret set of blueprints to the writer's craft. Better still, it is engaging, funny, and wise—wonderful to read and wonderful to learn from." -- Susan Orlean, Author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book “When I think back on what I have learned about storytelling over the last 30 years, the trail of memory leads back time and again to Jack Hart. No one has done more to inspire better narrative writing in America.” -- Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools“This book is a master class in narrative nonfiction, a must-read for anyone who wants to tell true stories. Whether you’re a novice writer or seasoned veteran, you will learn from Hart’s insight and examples culled from decades of coaching and editing some of the country’s best reporters. He shows us how to seek scenes, build structure, explore voices, write riveting stories—then make them sing.” -- Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist"It’s no small feat to make the best better. Yet Jack Hart does just that with the updated version of Storycraft. Of the scores of journalism books on my shelves, Hart’s work is among the most essential. He puts language and structure behind the mysterious process of writing, with examples that give any journalist—from student to award-winning—work to aspire to. If you’re looking for a guide that is as useful as it is inspirational, this is it." -- Jacqui Banaszynski, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist“Jack Hart was hands-down the best narrative editor ever to work in newspapers.” -- Jon Franklin, two-time Pulitzer-Prize winner"Jack Hart is one of the country's foremost writing coaches. Generations of writers found their voices, found their stories, found their heroes, heroines and villains in the news. Under his leadership the whole news industry learned a new way of connecting with its readers. I know I did. The lessons he teaches are about storytelling, structuring, pacing, tension and conflict.These lessons are perhaps even more important now in a digital age that sometimes forgets that—without a story to tell—words, videos, graphs, graphics, emails, alerts and news bulletins are just so much noise." -- Amanda Bennett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, investigative journalist, and editorJack Hart is to writing coaches as Bill Belichick is to football coaches: the best of all time. In Storycraft he shares what he’s learned over a lifetime of working with writers on non-fiction narratives that won nearly every major journalism prize including the Pulitzer. -- Bruce DeSilva, former Associated Press writing coachTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition 1 Story 2 Structure 3 Point of View 4 Voice and Style 5 Character 6 Scene 7 Action 8 Dialogue 9 Theme 10 Reporting 11 Story Narratives 12 Explanatory Narratives 13 Other Narratives 14 Ethics Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review"This new edition is clear-eyed in addressing emerging challenges such as social media, Ai, and virtual environments and presents practical, adaptable strategies for professional fact-checkers and editors. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One: Why We Fact-Check Chapter Two: What We Fact-Check Chapter Three: How We Fact-Check The Magazine Model The Newspaper Model The Hybrid Model Fact-Checking Other Media Navigating Relationships with Editors, Writers, and Producers Fact-Checking on a Budget Fact-Checking Your Own Writing How to Get a Fact-Checking Job Chapter Four: Checking Different Types of Facts Basic Facts Numbers and Measurements Polls Quotes Concepts Analogies Images Physical Descriptions Sports Historical Quotes and Stories Product Claims Languages Other than English Outlets outside the United States “Common Knowledge” Headlines and Cover Lines Facts from Anonymous or Sensitive Sources Sensitive Subjects: Trauma, Abuse, and More Conflicting Facts Gray Areas Litigious Material Plagiarism and Fabrication Chapter Five: Sourcing People Interview Recordings and Transcripts Search Engines and Wikis Maps and Atlases Press Releases Books Newspapers Other Publications Academic Literature Chapter Six: Record Keeping Paper Backup Electronic Backup Chapter Seven: Test Your Skills Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix One: “Test Your Skills” Answer Keys Appendix Two: Suggested Reading and Listening References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review“Nuanced and subtle. . . A compelling addition to the ongoing conversation on journalism and how it is practiced and consumed.” * Kirkus Reviews *"Democracy has been dying in the darkness for quite some time. What The View From Somewhere makes dazzlingly clear is that saving journalism will mean saving it from a false notion of objectivity." * The New Republic *"[A] thoughtfully researched series of essays. . . . Wallace makes his case by carefully tracing the history of so-called objectivity in journalism. . . . As his story moves into the present, [he] persuasively argues that collective action can remedy traditional reporting’s blind spots." * Bookforum *"I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of objectivity and how those in power are able to dictate what is truth and what is acceptable in journalism. With everything happening right now in the world, reading about how Black, queer, and other marginalized reporters have navigated and challenged this idea throughout history has been particularly illuminating and comforting." * The Atlantic *"In an age when traditional journalistic practices and assumptions are failing, this book should be on the desk of every journalist and every student of journalism. . . . [Wallace] shows how journalism can move away from the traditional, self-destructive professional model to a more effective model of public journalism and citizen journalism. Essential." * CHOICE *"An outstanding and urgently needed critique of journalistic orthodoxy. . . Ought to be required reading in journalism schools everywhere." * PopMatters *“Wallace dissects modern definitions of ‘neutrality’ in news and points to journalism’s historic trailblazers—queer, Black, and immigrant reporters—to remind us how marginalized people have suffered at the hands of so-called ‘objective news’ and how we must urgently resist and reframe those definitions. An essential book for reporters, editors, and consumers of news.” * Seema Yasmin, Emmy Award–winning journalist, medical doctor, and Stanford University professor *“The View From Somewhere is brilliant. Wallace slays the myth of journalistic objectivity, forcing the reader to wrestle with something profound: that all readers and creators of journalism have subjectivities, and that we can better perceive and create depictions of truth if we all examine these subjectivities instead of pretending that they don’t exist.” * Steven Thrasher, journalist and Northwestern University professor *“Wallace asks the right questions and makes a powerful case for a reexamination of what journalism is and how it can best serve the public. American journalists will readily admit, I think, that our industry has let down the broader community in recent years. Wallace posits a new solution for how we might avoid the mistakes of the past and move forward in a productive way. The View from Somewhere is both a fascinating dissection of our political body and a passionate plea for reform. It's also a darn good read.” * Celeste Headlee, author of We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. How Black Lives Matter Made the News 2. The Deviants: Race, Lynching, and the Origins of “Objectivity” 3. The Agitators: Journalists as Labor Leaders 4. Drowning in Facts: “Objectivity,” Ambiguity, and Vietnam 5. “Public Radio Voice” 6. Straight News, Gay Media, and the AIDS Crisis 7. Journalism’s Purity Ritual 8. “Can’t You Find Any More Women to Attack?”: What Happens When Facts Don’t Matter 9. Truth and the Lost Cause 10. The “Assault on Reality”: Trans People and Subjectivity 11. The View from Somewhere Conclusion: The End of Journalism Acknowledgments Further Reading Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisA timely call for a new ethic of journalism engagement for today''s troubled media sphere, Objectively Engaged Journalism argues that media should be neither neutral nor partisan but engaged in protecting egalitarian democracy. It shows how journalists, professional or citizen, can be both objective in method and dedicated to improving a global public sphere toxic with disinformation, fake news, and extremism.Drawing from history, ethics, and current media issues, Stephen Ward rejects the ideals of neutrality and just the facts objectivity, showing how they are based on invalid dualistic thinking with deep roots in Western culture. He presents a theory of pragmatic objectivity and applies it to journalism. Journalism''s role in interpreting culture, he argues, needs a form of objectivity that embraces human strengths and limitations.Defining responsible journalism as situated, imperfect inquiry, Objectively Engaged Journalism is one of the first systematic Trade Review"Ward has a gift for writing books that are a coherent whole and he does so here to perfection. This book will become a watershed for all subsequent work on media ethics that is explicitly global." Clifford Christians, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Read more less

Book SynopsisFrom the Holocaust to 9/11, modern communications systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant and horrifying events, experienced by strangers, and brought to us through media technologies. In this book leading scholars explore key questions concerning the truth status and broader implications of 'media witnessing'.Trade Review'Why are witnesses to salient socio-political events so important in our age of global media reporting? Testimonies are sometimes the only chance to arrive at more information which would, otherwise, have been swept under the carpet. This excellent book elaborates on, and challenges, the complex and difficult roles of eye witnesses and of the media in truly innovative interdisciplinary ways. Everybody who deals with media in their everyday lives will be able to gain new insights.' - Professor Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University, UK 'This is a most valuable collection of essays. Innovative, engrossing and rewarding, it provides an excellent exploration of media witnessing and is definitely to be recommended.' - European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Why Media Witnessing? Why Now? PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON MEDIA WITNESSING Witnessing: An Afterword: Torchlight Red on Sweaty Faces; J.D.Peters Telling Presences: Witnessing, Mass Media, and the Imagined Lives of Strangers; P.Frosh Mundane Witness; J.Ellis Witness as a Cultural Form of Communication: Historical Roots, Structural Dynamics and Current Appearances; G.Thomas Archaic Witnessing and Contemporary News Media; M.Blondheim& T.Liebes PART II: PERFORMANCES OF MEDIA WITNESSING Witnessing as a Field; T.Ashuri and A.Pinchevski From Danger to Trauma: Affective Labour and the Journalistic Discourse of Witnessing; C.Rentschler Scientific Witness, Testimony, and Mediation; J.Leach Witnesses or Bystanders: What Models are Appropriate in Understanding the Media Act of Witnessing? Witnessing Trauma on Film; R.Brand Index

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisStephen Gillers proposes a bold set of legal and policy changes to strengthen the freedom of the press and support the free press as a public good, including protecting news gathering and confidential sources. Journalism Under Fire weaves together practice, law, and policy into a program that can ensure a future for investigative reporting.Trade ReviewJournalism Under Fire issues an extraordinarily timely five-alarm warning. It is a forceful response to those who today—and in the future—would demean and disparage the essential importance of a free press to American democracy. One of America’s leading ethicists and legal scholars, Stephen Gillers also reminds us why supporting and protecting investigative reporting is an essential antidote to corporate and government abuse of power and threats to democratic institutions. This book is for any citizen who wants to better understand what is at stake and who seeks bold ideas for how to keep our democracy and press free and strong in the Trump era—and beyond. -- Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The NationGillers expertly weaves together legal texts, public policy, and normative theory to shed new light on the Press Clause, which, as the work makes clear, has been largely abandoned by the Supreme Court in recent years. The book develops a persuasive and coherent Press Clause theory and outlines its practical implications. -- Jonathan Peters, University of GeorgiaUsing a careful and subtle reading of the Constitution and recent legal examples to buttress its case, this work provides an important, sustained argument about the Press Clause of the First Amendment. A timely, significant book by a leading legal thinker. -- Tom Goldstein, University of California, BerkeleyPenetrating and essential... -- Bruce Shapiro * The Nation *Gillers is under no illusions that his program will be adopted anytime soon, but his superb examination of where we are and where we should be headed is immensely valuable, nevertheless. * Technical Communication *Gillers’s book is the antidote for those infected with wealth and power that seek to exploit, cover-up or otherwise demean the freedom of the Press to use investigative journalism as a tool for the greater good along with the proper policy, practice, and legal changes that can ensure a future for investigative reporting in a thriving democracy. -- Adrienne A. Wallace, Grand Valley State University * Journalism & Mass Communicators Educator *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. What Does the Press Clause Mean?2. What and Who Is “The Press”?3. What Does the Press Clause Demand of the Press?4. Protection of Confidential Information5. Press Clause Protection for Newsgathering6. Three Legislative Changes to Safeguard Investigative ReportingIn Conclusion: Potter Stewart’s TruthNotesIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisPhilip M. Napoli offers a timely and persuasive case for seeing social media as news media, with a fundamental obligation to serve the public interest. Social Media and the Public Interest offers valuable insights for the democratic governance of today’s most influential shapers of news.Trade ReviewDrawing on the history of U.S. media regulation, Napoli offers an insightful framework for reimagining how social media can serve the public interest. Social Media and the Public Interest is an essential text for policy makers and those struggling to reduce the harm of caustic content and misinformation. -- danah boyd, author of It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked TeensNapoli takes up the daunting challenge of lassoing and taming the wild social media beasts that have wreaked so much havoc in democracies around the world. This book is bold, clear, and necessary. Readers of this book will gain a deep historical understanding of the complex relationship among social media platforms, news producers, citizens, and the state. -- Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines DemocracyWhile recent episodes have raised questions about algorithmic manipulation and discrimination, what remained missing was a truly comprehensive account, one that not only synthesizes the state of affairs but also offers a conceptual framework for interpreting these developments in light of public policy, news values and ethics, and the future of the public sphere. This book bridges that gap. -- Seth C. Lewis, University of OregonWhile "public interest analyses" are common in the discussion of communications technology, television, and journalism, such analyses have not usually been used to frame algorithmic platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat. For that reason, Social Media and the Public Interest is a major contribution to the literature on communication, regulation, and digital media. -- C. W. Anderson, author of Rebuilding the News: Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital AgeThis market failure is so deep, Napoli argues, that it cannot be solved by conventional antitrust or other competition policies. Instead, he argues, Americans must embrace rigorous regulation of social media platforms so that they are made to serve public purposes. * Washington Monthly *Excellent and vital. * Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Taming of the Web and the Rise of Algorithmic News2. Algorithmic Gatekeeping and the Transformation of News Organizations3. The First Amendment, Fake News, and Filter Bubbles4. The Structure of the Algorithmic Marketplace of Ideas5. The Public-Interest Principle in Media Governance: Past and Present6. Reviving the Public InterestConclusionNotesIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisMatthew Powers analyzes the growing role NGOs play in shaping—and sometimes directly producing—international news. Through an unprecedented glimpse into NGOs’ newsmaking efforts, Powers portrays the possibilities and limits of NGOs as media makers, with important implications for the intersections of journalism and advocacy.Trade ReviewPowers provides a rich analysis of the role of NGOs in shaping international news, taking a useful institutional—“on-the-ground”—perspective to supplement the more celebratory analysis by many communication scholars of digitally enabled social movements, including the Arab Spring and related online phenomena. -- Stephen Reese, University of Texas, AustinPowers offers a sharp dissection and a comprehensive analysis of the news-making strategies of global NGOs. Grounded in smart interpretations of institutional theories, the book shows the ambiguities of NGOs as news makers - the innovations as well as the limitations to broaden the content of regular news cycles. The cases discussed amply demonstrate that NGOs make decisions in fields of news shaped by multiple factors. Powers convincingly argues that NGOs do not make news as they please, but they do so under institutional circumstances existing already in a world saturated with information. -- Silvio Waisbord, George Washington UniversityMatthew Powers' NGOs as Newsmakers combines rich empirical observation, gained through interviews and field work at the Syrian-Turkish border, with sophisticated causal analysis. He compellingly shows how the dwindling resources for international coverage on the one hand and humanitarian NGOs' move toward newsmaking on the other reinforce rather than sideline professional news norms. A must read for anybody interested in the fate of cosmopolitan journalism and humanitarian aid. -- Hartmut Wessler, University of MannheimPowers has produced a landmark study of one of the complex high-stakes dynamics shaping the future of journalism. NGOs as Newsmakers is a work of theoretical nuance and empirical rigor that spotlights the ways NGOs are fueling important and original reporting while also nourishing stereotypes and power dynamics inherent to traditional news practices that have hemmed in reporting. -- Adrienne Russell, University of WashingtonScholars, editors, journalists, NGO practitioners, and policy experts would benefit from reading NGOs as Newsmakers to better understand the current state of affairs between NGOs and newsmakers. In particular, by applying the field variant of institutional theory to illuminate how journalists and NGOs vie for attention in an age of information overload. -- Allison J. Steinke, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities * Digital Journalism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. A New Era of NGO-Driven News?2. The Changing Faces of NGO Communication Work3. The Partially Opening News Gates4. The Strategic Advocate in the Digital Storm5. Publicity’s Ends6. Explaining the Endurance of News Norms7. The Possibilities and Limitations of NGO CommunicationMethods AppendixNotesReferencesIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisMatthew Powers analyzes the growing role NGOs play in shaping—and sometimes directly producing—international news. Through an unprecedented glimpse into NGOs’ newsmaking efforts, Powers portrays the possibilities and limits of NGOs as media makers, with important implications for the intersections of journalism and advocacy.Trade ReviewPowers provides a rich analysis of the role of NGOs in shaping international news, taking a useful institutional—“on-the-ground”—perspective to supplement the more celebratory analysis by many communication scholars of digitally enabled social movements, including the Arab Spring and related online phenomena. -- Stephen Reese, University of Texas, AustinPowers offers a sharp dissection and a comprehensive analysis of the news-making strategies of global NGOs. Grounded in smart interpretations of institutional theories, the book shows the ambiguities of NGOs as news makers - the innovations as well as the limitations to broaden the content of regular news cycles. The cases discussed amply demonstrate that NGOs make decisions in fields of news shaped by multiple factors. Powers convincingly argues that NGOs do not make news as they please, but they do so under institutional circumstances existing already in a world saturated with information. -- Silvio Waisbord, George Washington UniversityMatthew Powers' NGOs as Newsmakers combines rich empirical observation, gained through interviews and field work at the Syrian-Turkish border, with sophisticated causal analysis. He compellingly shows how the dwindling resources for international coverage on the one hand and humanitarian NGOs' move toward newsmaking on the other reinforce rather than sideline professional news norms. A must read for anybody interested in the fate of cosmopolitan journalism and humanitarian aid. -- Hartmut Wessler, University of MannheimPowers has produced a landmark study of one of the complex high-stakes dynamics shaping the future of journalism. NGOs as Newsmakers is a work of theoretical nuance and empirical rigor that spotlights the ways NGOs are fueling important and original reporting while also nourishing stereotypes and power dynamics inherent to traditional news practices that have hemmed in reporting. -- Adrienne Russell, University of WashingtonScholars, editors, journalists, NGO practitioners, and policy experts would benefit from reading NGOs as Newsmakers to better understand the current state of affairs between NGOs and newsmakers. In particular, by applying the field variant of institutional theory to illuminate how journalists and NGOs vie for attention in an age of information overload. -- Allison J. Steinke, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities * Digital Journalism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. A New Era of NGO-Driven News?2. The Changing Faces of NGO Communication Work3. The Partially Opening News Gates4. The Strategic Advocate in the Digital Storm5. Publicity’s Ends6. Explaining the Endurance of News Norms7. The Possibilities and Limitations of NGO CommunicationMethods AppendixNotesReferencesIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisBased on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 27,500 journalists in 67 countries, Worlds of Journalism offers a groundbreaking analysis of the different ways journalists perceive their duties, their relationship to society and government, and the nature and meaning of their work.Trade ReviewThis will be a touchstone work for decades to come. It is not an overstatement to say that this book is entirely unique; it’s special because of the detailed discussion of national and regional contexts. Worlds of Journalism contributes to the truly global and international perspective of journalism, avoiding normativity and emphasizing diversity using a unique and comprehensive dataset. -- Henrik Örnebring, author of Newsworkers: A Comparative European PerspectiveThis book provides a kaleidoscopic overview of journalism around the world. Its organization and execution provides a model for comparative research, and its findings raise important questions that are sure to orient future scholarship. Already well-regarded by colleagues, this publication solidifies the Worlds of Journalism project as a leading effort to make sense of the complex realities that journalists around the world confront today. -- Matthew Powers, University of WashingtonOne of the key elements of this anthology is an effort to make journalism studies truly global and comparative. This book succeeds on multiple fronts: it provides a comprehensive analysis of the various and competing strands of research in journalism studies, empirically covers the vast geography of journalism practices, and gives us a blueprint of how to analyze and understand such practices. I recommend this book for its scope and theoretical execution. It is a must-read for all journalism scholars. -- Shakuntala Rao, author of Indian Journalism in a New EraWorlds of Journalism is ample proof of the diversity of journalistic cultures around the globe and an excellent example of a truly collaborative study. It provides fascinating insights into the attitudes and values of media personnel beyond the western world. The book is a must-read in journalism research. -- Barbara Pfetsch, editor of Political Communication Cultures in Western Europe: Attitudes of Political Actors and Journalists in Nine Countries[An] exceptionally fine book. -- Jay G. Blulmer, University of Leeds * Journal of Mass Communication *A tactfully coherent discussion of its findings, drawing on an extensive amount of data to question normative expectations of journalism culture and highlight rich differences in perspectives from around the world. * International Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Exploring the Worlds of Journalism: An Introduction, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Folker Hanusch, Jyotika Ramaprasad, and Arnold S. de Beer2. Journalistic Culture in a Global Context: A Conceptual Roadmap, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Laura Ahva, Martin Oller Alonso, Jesus Arroyave, Liesbeth Hermans, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Sallie Hughes, Beate Josephi, Jyotika Ramaprasad, Ivor Shapiro, and Tim Vos3. Surveying Journalists Around the World: A Methodological Framework, by Corinna Lauerer and Thomas Hanitzsch4. Profiles of Journalists: Demographic and Employment Patterns, by Beate Josephi, Folker Hanusch, Martin Oller Alonso, Ivor Shapiro, Kenneth Andresen, Arnold de Beer, Abit Hoxha, Sonia Virgínia Moreira, Kevin Rafter, Terje Skjerdal, Sergio Splendore, and Edson C. Tandoc, Jr.5. Perceived Influences: Journalists’ Awareness of Pressures on Their Work, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Jyotika Ramaprasad, Jesus Arroyave, Rosa Berganza, Liesbeth Hermans, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Filip Lab, Corinna Lauerer, Alice Tejkalová, and Tim P. Vos6. Editorial Autonomy: Journalists’ Perceptions of Their Freedom, by Basyouni Hamada, Sallie Hughes, Thomas Hanitzsch, James Hollings, Corinna Lauerer, Jesus Arroyave, Verica Rupar, and Sergio Splendore7. Role Orientations: Journalists’ Views on Their Place in Society, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Tim Vos, Olivier Standaert, Folker Hanusch, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Liesbeth Hermans, and Jyotika Ramaprasad8. Ethical Considerations: Journalists’ Perceptions of Professional Practice, by Jyotika Ramaprasad, Thomas Hanitzsch, Epp Lauk, Halliki Harro-Loit, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Jari Väliverronen, and Stephanie Craft9. Trust: Journalists’ Confidence in Public Institutions, by Arjen van Dalen, Rosa Berganza, Thomas Hanitzsch, Adriana Amado, Beatriz Herrero, Beate Josephi, Sonja Seizova, Morten Skovsgaard, and Nina Steindl10. Transformations: Journalists’ Reflections on Changes in News Work, by Folker Hanusch, Edson C. Tandoc, Jr., Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Nurhaya Muchtar, Kevin Rafter, Mireya Márquez Ramírez, Verica Rupar, and Vittoria Sacco11. Modeling Journalistic Cultures: A Global Approach, by Folker Hanusch and Thomas HanitzschAppendix 1: Additional TablesAppendix 2: QuestionnaireAppendix 3: Institutions Funding the StudyReferencesEditors and ContributorsIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisBased on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 27,500 journalists in 67 countries, Worlds of Journalism offers a groundbreaking analysis of the different ways journalists perceive their duties, their relationship to society and government, and the nature and meaning of their work.Trade ReviewThis will be a touchstone work for decades to come. It is not an overstatement to say that this book is entirely unique; it’s special because of the detailed discussion of national and regional contexts. Worlds of Journalism contributes to the truly global and international perspective of journalism, avoiding normativity and emphasizing diversity using a unique and comprehensive dataset. -- Henrik Örnebring, author of Newsworkers: A Comparative European PerspectiveThis book provides a kaleidoscopic overview of journalism around the world. Its organization and execution provides a model for comparative research, and its findings raise important questions that are sure to orient future scholarship. Already well-regarded by colleagues, this publication solidifies the Worlds of Journalism project as a leading effort to make sense of the complex realities that journalists around the world confront today. -- Matthew Powers, University of WashingtonOne of the key elements of this anthology is an effort to make journalism studies truly global and comparative. This book succeeds on multiple fronts: it provides a comprehensive analysis of the various and competing strands of research in journalism studies, empirically covers the vast geography of journalism practices, and gives us a blueprint of how to analyze and understand such practices. I recommend this book for its scope and theoretical execution. It is a must-read for all journalism scholars. -- Shakuntala Rao, author of Indian Journalism in a New EraWorlds of Journalism is ample proof of the diversity of journalistic cultures around the globe and an excellent example of a truly collaborative study. It provides fascinating insights into the attitudes and values of media personnel beyond the western world. The book is a must-read in journalism research. -- Barbara Pfetsch, editor of Political Communication Cultures in Western Europe: Attitudes of Political Actors and Journalists in Nine Countries[An] exceptionally fine book. -- Jay G. Blulmer, University of Leeds * Journal of Mass Communication *A tactfully coherent discussion of its findings, drawing on an extensive amount of data to question normative expectations of journalism culture and highlight rich differences in perspectives from around the world. * International Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Exploring the Worlds of Journalism: An Introduction, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Folker Hanusch, Jyotika Ramaprasad, and Arnold S. de Beer2. Journalistic Culture in a Global Context: A Conceptual Roadmap, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Laura Ahva, Martin Oller Alonso, Jesus Arroyave, Liesbeth Hermans, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Sallie Hughes, Beate Josephi, Jyotika Ramaprasad, Ivor Shapiro, and Tim Vos3. Surveying Journalists Around the World: A Methodological Framework, by Corinna Lauerer and Thomas Hanitzsch4. Profiles of Journalists: Demographic and Employment Patterns, by Beate Josephi, Folker Hanusch, Martin Oller Alonso, Ivor Shapiro, Kenneth Andresen, Arnold de Beer, Abit Hoxha, Sonia Virgínia Moreira, Kevin Rafter, Terje Skjerdal, Sergio Splendore, and Edson C. Tandoc, Jr.5. Perceived Influences: Journalists’ Awareness of Pressures on Their Work, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Jyotika Ramaprasad, Jesus Arroyave, Rosa Berganza, Liesbeth Hermans, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Filip Lab, Corinna Lauerer, Alice Tejkalová, and Tim P. Vos6. Editorial Autonomy: Journalists’ Perceptions of Their Freedom, by Basyouni Hamada, Sallie Hughes, Thomas Hanitzsch, James Hollings, Corinna Lauerer, Jesus Arroyave, Verica Rupar, and Sergio Splendore7. Role Orientations: Journalists’ Views on Their Place in Society, by Thomas Hanitzsch, Tim Vos, Olivier Standaert, Folker Hanusch, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Liesbeth Hermans, and Jyotika Ramaprasad8. Ethical Considerations: Journalists’ Perceptions of Professional Practice, by Jyotika Ramaprasad, Thomas Hanitzsch, Epp Lauk, Halliki Harro-Loit, Jan Fredrik Hovden, Jari Väliverronen, and Stephanie Craft9. Trust: Journalists’ Confidence in Public Institutions, by Arjen van Dalen, Rosa Berganza, Thomas Hanitzsch, Adriana Amado, Beatriz Herrero, Beate Josephi, Sonja Seizova, Morten Skovsgaard, and Nina Steindl10. Transformations: Journalists’ Reflections on Changes in News Work, by Folker Hanusch, Edson C. Tandoc, Jr., Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Nurhaya Muchtar, Kevin Rafter, Mireya Márquez Ramírez, Verica Rupar, and Vittoria Sacco11. Modeling Journalistic Cultures: A Global Approach, by Folker Hanusch and Thomas HanitzschAppendix 1: Additional TablesAppendix 2: QuestionnaireAppendix 3: Institutions Funding the StudyReferencesEditors and ContributorsIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisMark Coddington gives a vivid account of the work of aggregation—how such content is produced, what its values are, and how it fits into today’s changing journalistic profession. Aggregating the News explores how aggregators weigh sources, reshape news narratives, and manage life on the fringes of journalism.Trade ReviewCoddington weaves a masterful tale of ‘second-order newswork’ and ‘knockoff knowledge’ as well as aggregation’s undermining of journalistic authority. Aggregating the News is impeccably researched from within news organizations and offers the definitive statement on information aggregation in all its complexities and contexts. Analyzing news aggregation’s 250-year-old history, its emergent values, and evolving constraints, this book is a critical read for all who care about journalism. -- Sue Robinson, author of Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power and Privilege Shape Public Discourse in Progressive CommunitiesIs all digital aggregation just, as Fleetwood Mac might put it, "secondhand news"? Is public knowledge enhanced or debased by the practice of rewriting, recombining, or recontextualizing pieces of journalism? What are the professional and legal issues at stake? In this absorbing volume, Mark Coddington takes us deep into a professional community that has always been controversial but also always fascinating. -- C. W. Anderson, author of Apostles of Certainty: Data Journalism and the Politics of DoubtCoddington dispels the tired argument that news aggregation by lazy online news outlets has destroyed good journalism as we know it and instead shows how aggregation is at once a historical practice as old as journalism itself while also a key element of news innovation. -- Nikki Usher, author of Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and CodeProvides timely insights and information about news aggregation services...A valuable resource for those studying journalism, mass media, and social media. * Choice *A valuable text for journalists as well as public relations professionals who are often tasked with creating news. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *Well written and informative; it would be a valuable resource for graduate students and scholars who want to understand how specific journalistic actors work and contribute to the journalism field. * Media Industries Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Understanding Aggregation in Context1. Gathering Evidence of Evidence: Aggregation as Second-Order Newswork2. Making News by Managing Uncertainty3. Inferiority and Identity: Aggregators and the Journalistic Profession4. Clickbait, Analytics, and Gut Feelings: How Aggregators Understand Their Audiences5. Atomization and the Breakdown (and Rebuilding) of News Narrative6. Conclusion: Aggregation, Authority, and UncertaintyNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisMark Coddington gives a vivid account of the work of aggregation—how such content is produced, what its values are, and how it fits into today’s changing journalistic profession. Aggregating the News explores how aggregators weigh sources, reshape news narratives, and manage life on the fringes of journalism.Trade ReviewCoddington weaves a masterful tale of ‘second-order newswork’ and ‘knockoff knowledge’ as well as aggregation’s undermining of journalistic authority. Aggregating the News is impeccably researched from within news organizations and offers the definitive statement on information aggregation in all its complexities and contexts. Analyzing news aggregation’s 250-year-old history, its emergent values, and evolving constraints, this book is a critical read for all who care about journalism. -- Sue Robinson, author of Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power and Privilege Shape Public Discourse in Progressive CommunitiesIs all digital aggregation just, as Fleetwood Mac might put it, "secondhand news"? Is public knowledge enhanced or debased by the practice of rewriting, recombining, or recontextualizing pieces of journalism? What are the professional and legal issues at stake? In this absorbing volume, Mark Coddington takes us deep into a professional community that has always been controversial but also always fascinating. -- C. W. Anderson, author of Apostles of Certainty: Data Journalism and the Politics of DoubtCoddington dispels the tired argument that news aggregation by lazy online news outlets has destroyed good journalism as we know it and instead shows how aggregation is at once a historical practice as old as journalism itself while also a key element of news innovation. -- Nikki Usher, author of Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and CodeProvides timely insights and information about news aggregation services...A valuable resource for those studying journalism, mass media, and social media. * Choice *A valuable text for journalists as well as public relations professionals who are often tasked with creating news. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *Well written and informative; it would be a valuable resource for graduate students and scholars who want to understand how specific journalistic actors work and contribute to the journalism field. * Media Industries Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Understanding Aggregation in Context1. Gathering Evidence of Evidence: Aggregation as Second-Order Newswork2. Making News by Managing Uncertainty3. Inferiority and Identity: Aggregators and the Journalistic Profession4. Clickbait, Analytics, and Gut Feelings: How Aggregators Understand Their Audiences5. Atomization and the Breakdown (and Rebuilding) of News Narrative6. Conclusion: Aggregation, Authority, and UncertaintyNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis year's National Magazine Awards finalists and winners include outstanding writing that addresses urgent topics such as justice, gender, power, and violence, both at home and abroad.Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Adam MossAcknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine EditorsA Betrayal, by Hannah Dreier, ProPublica, copublished with New York, Finalist—Public InterestAmerican Hustler, by Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, Finalist—ReportingA Kingdom from Dust, by Mark Arax, The California Sunday Magazine, Finalist— Feature WritingShallow Graves and An Interview with Ben Taub by Eric Sullivan, by Ben Taub, The New Yorker, Winner—ReportingThe Genocide the U.S. Didn’t See Coming, by Nahal Toosi, Politico, Finalist—ReportingWe Made It. We Depend on It. We’re Drowning in It. Plastic, by Laura Parker, National Geographic, Finalist— Public InterestThe First Porn President and I Believe Her and The Abandoned World of 1982, by Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, Finalist—Columns and CommentaryMisjudged, by Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, Finalist—Essays and CriticismThe National Geographic Twins and the Falsehood of Our Post-Racial Future and The Profound Presence of Doria Ragland and The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Will Be Remembered as a Grotesque Display of Patriarchal Resentment, by Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, Winner—Columns and ComentaryThis Place Is Crazy, by John J. Lennon, Esquire, Finalist—Feature WritingGetting Out of Prison Meant Leaving Dear Friends Behind, by Robert Wright, The Marshall Project with Vice, Finalist—Columns and CommentaryGetting Out, by Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times Magazine, Winner—Essays and CriticismHow to Be an Artist, by Jerry Saltz, New York, Winner—Leisure InterestsThe Art of Dying Well, by Kasey Cordell and Lindsey B.Koehler, 5280, Winner—Personal ServiceTaming the Lionfish, by Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian, Finalist—Feature WritingThe Breakup Museum, by Leslie Jamison, Virginia Quarterly Review, Finalist—Essays and CriticismSkinned, by Lesley Nneka Arimah, and A Conversation with McSweeney’s Claire Boyle and Karolina Waclawiak, by The ASME Award for Fiction, McSweeney’s, Winner—ASME Award for FictionPermissionsList of Contributors

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe Perilous Public Square brings together leading thinkers to identify and investigate today’s multifaceted threats to free expression. They go beyond the campus and the courthouse to pinpoint key structural changes in the means of mass communication and forms of global capitalism.Trade ReviewA perfect book for our time, and a true public service. A terrific and impressively diverse collection, exploring multiple threats to freedom of speech. -- Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard UniversityThis volume is terrific and timely, and essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of how to think about expression, the platform monopolies, threats, and what the public sphere means today. It challenges shibboleths you may not realize you have. The diverse writers directly and eloquently fight each other in these pages, helping clarify both the stakes and the disagreements about not only what to do, but how to do talk about what to do with some of the most maddening and massive threats to democratic life and discussion. -- Zephyr Teachout, author of Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big MoneyThe Perilous Public Square provides the type of provocative, outside-the-box thinking we so desperately need right now. This collection brings together a stellar group of legal scholars in a format that includes the challenging of, and elaboration on, the core essays’ principal arguments. The result is a compelling and thought-provoking collection that represents a vital contribution to a number of contemporary communications policy debates. -- Philip M. Napoli, author of Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation AgeJustice Oliver Wendell Holmes once famously said that free speech “is an experiment, as all life is an experiment.” The meaning and wisdom of that experiment long have been, and continue to be debated. This has never been truer than it is today, as new communications technologies and rapidly shifting political norms call into question old assumptions about speech, information, and their relationships to democratic governance. In this volume, top-notch thinkers from a range of backgrounds and perspectives tackle these vexing questions. The result is timely, engrossing, and deeply informed. A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of free speech and democracy. -- Heidi Kitrosser, Robins Kaplan Professor of Law, University of MinnesotaA must-read for anyone concerned about the many threats facing free expression today, be they from structural, private, or government (U.S. or otherwise) forces, as well as any number of bad actors. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *A thought-provoking, important collection of conversations that embody and manifest the complexity of the challenges that cyberspace presents to “terrestrial” legal thought." * Law and Politics Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction, by David E. Pozen1. Is the First Amendment Obsolete?, by Tim WuReflections on Whether the First Amendment Is Obsolete, by Geoffrey R. StoneNot Waving but Drowning: Saving the Audience from the Floods, by Rebecca Tushnet2. From the Heckler’s Veto to the Provocateur’s Privilege, by David E. PozenThe Hostile Audience Revisited, by Frederick SchauerUnsafe Spaces, by Jelani CobbHeading Off the Hostile Audience, by Mark EdmundsonCosting Out Campus Speaker Restrictions, by Suzanne B. GoldbergPolicing, Protesting, and the Insignificance of Hostile Audiences, by Rachel A. Harmon3. Straining (Analogies) to Make Sense of the First Amendment in Cyberspace, by David E. PozenSearch Engines, Social Media, and the Editorial Analogy, by Heather WhitneyOf Course the First Amendment Protects Google and Facebook (and It’s Not a Close Question), by Eric GoldmanThe Problem Isn’t the Use of Analogies but the Analogies Courts Use, by Genevieve LakierPreventing a Posthuman Law of Freedom of Expression, by Frank Pasquale4. Intermediary Immunity and Discriminatory Designs, by David E. PozenDiscriminatory Designs on User Data, by Olivier SylvainSection 230’s Challenge to Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, by Danielle Keats CitronTo Err Is Platform, by James GrimmelmannToward a Clearer Conversation About Platform Liability, by Daphne Keller5. The De-Americanization of Internet Freedom, by David E. PozenThe Failure of Internet Freedom, by Jack GoldsmithThe Limits of Supply-Side Internet Freedom, by David KayeInternet Freedom Without Imperialism, by Nani Jansen Reventlow and Jonathan McCully6. Crisis in the Archives, by David E. PozenState Secrecy, Archival Negligence, and the End of History as We Know It, by Matthew ConnellyA Response from the National Archives, by David S. FerrieroRescuing History (and Accountability) from Secrecy, by Elizabeth GoiteinArchiving as Politics in the National Security State, by Kirsten Weld7. Authoritarian Constitutionalism in Facebookland, by David E. PozenFacebook v. Sullivan, by Kate KlonickMeet the New Governors, Same as the Old Governors, by Enrique ArmijoNewsworthiness and the Search for Norms, by Amy GajdaProfits v. Principles, by Sarah C. HaanContributorsIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisAmerican Deadline brings together dispatches from four longtime local journalists in different parts of the United States that tell the story of 2020 anew.Trade ReviewAmerican Deadline offers a fresh and unique chronicle of a year we’ll never forget—2020—through the lens of four communities where newspapers have weakened or vanished. These dispatches from the front lines of democracy—communities in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia—remind us of what's lost when Americans have only national (and increasingly partisan) news sources. American Deadline reminds us that local news is never more needed than in a crisis like a pandemic. We need local news not just to hold local officials accountable but to provide a more nuanced, textured view of politics from the ground up. Communities across America have been starved of reliable local news. This book vividly illustrates the dire consequences for our democracy. -- Sewell Chan, editor in chief of The Texas TribuneFor those of us trying to bolster local news in the U.S., American Deadline offers more compelling evidence for why this coverage matters. In a series of astute, nuanced dispatches, four veteran journalists describe the same year in the life of their disparate communities after their local newsroom has withered or died. Critical elections with no candidate coverage. Rampant Covid misinformation. No government watchdogs. This is front-line reporting that’s a must read. -- Kim Kleman, executive director, Report for AmericaWell-written and comprehensive, American Deadline is a fascinating look at how the tensions that are tearing us apart at the national level also affect community life. -- Dan Kennedy, author of The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-First Century[A] unique and often heart-wrenching collaboration . . . the reporting is consistently fine-grained, evocative, and insightful. It’s a fitting testament to the value of local journalism. * Publishers Weekly *[This book] serves as a valuable resource for those unfamiliar with the lived experiences within news deserts or areas impacted by the decline of local news, while also complementing the growing body of academic work in the space. Above all, the authors compellingly demonstrate that the loss of local news profoundly affects readers. * Journalism *Those who believe that introspection is the path to progress — as I do — will be captivated by this book. -- Larry Fennelly * Macon Telegraph *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Michael Shapiro1. The Mystery of Caroline County, Virginia (Bowling Green)2. What’s Vexing Macon, Georgia? (Macon)3. Red Streets versus Blue Streets in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (McKeesport)4. Fighting the Wall Along the Rio Grande (McAllen)5. Are Democrats an Endangered Species in Caroline County? (Bowling Green)6. Yes, Dorothy, We Are Way Outside the Beltway (Macon)7. Fear and Loathing in the Time of Coronavirus (McKeesport)8. In the Rio Grande Valley, a Border Closes, and Signs of a Wall Appear as the Pandemic Spreads (McAllen)9. The Ghost of a Weekly Covers the Pandemic (Bowling Green)10. Standing on Sinking Sand, Living in Limbo (Macon)11. Transparency in a Time of Pandemic (McKeesport)12. COVID-19 Has Changed How We Report Stories on the Border (McAllen)13. How the Pandemic Is Playing in Rural Virginia (Bowling Green)14. A Good Idea at the Time (Macon)15. In Towns Like McKeesport, the Future Was Already Precarious. Then Came Coronavirus. (McKeesport)16. Saving Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge Extends Beyond Political Boundaries (McAllen)17. At the Edge of a Pandemic, Its Direction Unknown (Bowling Green)18. Dirty Politics in the Digital Age (Macon)19. How Facebook Has Undermined Communal Conversation in McKeesport (McKeesport)20. South Texas Was Reopening. Now COVID-19 Is Roaring Back. (McAllen)21. Racism, Confederate Statues, and the View from Frog Level, Virginia (Bowling Green)22. Macon–Bibb County Votes While a Nation Protests (Macon)23. “McAllen and South Texas Need Help Now” (McAllen)24. When a Newspaper Dies, What Fills the Void? (Bowling Green)25. To School or Not to School—a Burning Question (Macon)26. What Will “Normal” Mean After COVID-19? (McKeesport)27. South Texas Is a Bad Algorithm Right Now (McAllen)28. In Rural Virginia, a Tale of Two Congressional Districts (Bowling Green)29. A Local Election, School Reopenings, and the Pandemic (Macon)30. Will Western Pennsylvania Become a String of Ghost Towns? (McKeesport)31. Where Are the Campaign Signs and the Politiqueras? (McAllen)32. A Confederate Soldier Moves On (Bowling Green)33. Macon–Bibb County and the Unrelenting Shock of COVID-19 (Macon)34. Will the Sons of Steelworkers See Trump’s COVID-19 Behavior as Strong or Reckless? (McKeesport)35. Counting on Next Year Being Much Better (McAllen)36. Election Day ApproachesPostscript: January 20, 2021Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisAmerican Deadline brings together dispatches from four longtime local journalists in different parts of the United States that tell the story of 2020 anew.Trade ReviewAmerican Deadline offers a fresh and unique chronicle of a year we’ll never forget—2020—through the lens of four communities where newspapers have weakened or vanished. These dispatches from the front lines of democracy—communities in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia—remind us of what's lost when Americans have only national (and increasingly partisan) news sources. American Deadline reminds us that local news is never more needed than in a crisis like a pandemic. We need local news not just to hold local officials accountable but to provide a more nuanced, textured view of politics from the ground up. Communities across America have been starved of reliable local news. This book vividly illustrates the dire consequences for our democracy. -- Sewell Chan, editor in chief of The Texas TribuneFor those of us trying to bolster local news in the U.S., American Deadline offers more compelling evidence for why this coverage matters. In a series of astute, nuanced dispatches, four veteran journalists describe the same year in the life of their disparate communities after their local newsroom has withered or died. Critical elections with no candidate coverage. Rampant Covid misinformation. No government watchdogs. This is front-line reporting that’s a must read. -- Kim Kleman, executive director, Report for AmericaWell-written and comprehensive, American Deadline is a fascinating look at how the tensions that are tearing us apart at the national level also affect community life. -- Dan Kennedy, author of The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-First Century[A] unique and often heart-wrenching collaboration . . . the reporting is consistently fine-grained, evocative, and insightful. It’s a fitting testament to the value of local journalism. * Publishers Weekly *[This book] serves as a valuable resource for those unfamiliar with the lived experiences within news deserts or areas impacted by the decline of local news, while also complementing the growing body of academic work in the space. Above all, the authors compellingly demonstrate that the loss of local news profoundly affects readers. * Journalism *Those who believe that introspection is the path to progress — as I do — will be captivated by this book. -- Larry Fennelly * Macon Telegraph *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Michael Shapiro1. The Mystery of Caroline County, Virginia (Bowling Green)2. What’s Vexing Macon, Georgia? (Macon)3. Red Streets versus Blue Streets in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (McKeesport)4. Fighting the Wall Along the Rio Grande (McAllen)5. Are Democrats an Endangered Species in Caroline County? (Bowling Green)6. Yes, Dorothy, We Are Way Outside the Beltway (Macon)7. Fear and Loathing in the Time of Coronavirus (McKeesport)8. In the Rio Grande Valley, a Border Closes, and Signs of a Wall Appear as the Pandemic Spreads (McAllen)9. The Ghost of a Weekly Covers the Pandemic (Bowling Green)10. Standing on Sinking Sand, Living in Limbo (Macon)11. Transparency in a Time of Pandemic (McKeesport)12. COVID-19 Has Changed How We Report Stories on the Border (McAllen)13. How the Pandemic Is Playing in Rural Virginia (Bowling Green)14. A Good Idea at the Time (Macon)15. In Towns Like McKeesport, the Future Was Already Precarious. Then Came Coronavirus. (McKeesport)16. Saving Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge Extends Beyond Political Boundaries (McAllen)17. At the Edge of a Pandemic, Its Direction Unknown (Bowling Green)18. Dirty Politics in the Digital Age (Macon)19. How Facebook Has Undermined Communal Conversation in McKeesport (McKeesport)20. South Texas Was Reopening. Now COVID-19 Is Roaring Back. (McAllen)21. Racism, Confederate Statues, and the View from Frog Level, Virginia (Bowling Green)22. Macon–Bibb County Votes While a Nation Protests (Macon)23. “McAllen and South Texas Need Help Now” (McAllen)24. When a Newspaper Dies, What Fills the Void? (Bowling Green)25. To School or Not to School—a Burning Question (Macon)26. What Will “Normal” Mean After COVID-19? (McKeesport)27. South Texas Is a Bad Algorithm Right Now (McAllen)28. In Rural Virginia, a Tale of Two Congressional Districts (Bowling Green)29. A Local Election, School Reopenings, and the Pandemic (Macon)30. Will Western Pennsylvania Become a String of Ghost Towns? (McKeesport)31. Where Are the Campaign Signs and the Politiqueras? (McAllen)32. A Confederate Soldier Moves On (Bowling Green)33. Macon–Bibb County and the Unrelenting Shock of COVID-19 (Macon)34. Will the Sons of Steelworkers See Trump’s COVID-19 Behavior as Strong or Reckless? (McKeesport)35. Counting on Next Year Being Much Better (McAllen)36. Election Day ApproachesPostscript: January 20, 2021Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe Best American Magazine Writing 2023 features a selection of articles honored by this year’s National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media.Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Natasha Pearlman, executive editor, GlamourAcknowledgmentsThe Battle for Baby L., by Rozina Ali, New York Times MagazineShe Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter?, by Samantha Michaels, Mother JonesAristocrat Inc., by Natalie So, The BelieverMonuments to the Unthinkable, by Clint Smith, The AtlanticThe Landlord and the Tenant, by Raquel Rutledge and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica and Milwaukee Journal SentinelDeath Sentence, by Nicholas Florko, StatThe Time to Pass Paid Leave Is Now, by Natasha Pearlman, GlamourA Post-Roe Threat and The Post-Roe Era and Is Abortion Sacred?, by Jia Tolentino, New YorkerWe Need to Take Away Children, by Caitlin Dickerson, The AtlanticThe Militiamen, the Governor, and the Kidnapping That Wasn’t, by Chris Heath, EsquireHow a Nepo Baby Is Born, by Nate Jones, New YorkTinder Hearted, by Allison P. Davis, New YorkAcid Church, by Courtney Desiree Morris, Stranger’s Guide“She’s Capital!”, by Namwali Serpell, New York Review of BooksViola Davis, Inside Out, by Jazmine Hughes, New York Times MagazineLight and Shadow, by Raffi Khatchadourian, New YorkerWinter Term, by Michelle de Kretser, Paris ReviewUntold, by Tom Junod and Paula Lavigne, ESPN DigitalPermissionsList of Contributors

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe Best American Magazine Writing 2023 features a selection of articles honored by this year’s National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media.Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Natasha Pearlman, executive editor, GlamourAcknowledgmentsThe Battle for Baby L., by Rozina Ali, New York Times MagazineShe Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter?, by Samantha Michaels, Mother JonesAristocrat Inc., by Natalie So, The BelieverMonuments to the Unthinkable, by Clint Smith, The AtlanticThe Landlord and the Tenant, by Raquel Rutledge and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica and Milwaukee Journal SentinelDeath Sentence, by Nicholas Florko, StatThe Time to Pass Paid Leave Is Now, by Natasha Pearlman, GlamourA Post-Roe Threat and The Post-Roe Era and Is Abortion Sacred?, by Jia Tolentino, New YorkerWe Need to Take Away Children, by Caitlin Dickerson, The AtlanticThe Militiamen, the Governor, and the Kidnapping That Wasn’t, by Chris Heath, EsquireHow a Nepo Baby Is Born, by Nate Jones, New YorkTinder Hearted, by Allison P. Davis, New YorkAcid Church, by Courtney Desiree Morris, Stranger’s Guide“She’s Capital!”, by Namwali Serpell, New York Review of BooksViola Davis, Inside Out, by Jazmine Hughes, New York Times MagazineLight and Shadow, by Raffi Khatchadourian, New YorkerWinter Term, by Michelle de Kretser, Paris ReviewUntold, by Tom Junod and Paula Lavigne, ESPN DigitalPermissionsList of Contributors

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Palmer] is on to something as she as she examines how Western audiences and readers are encouraged to empathize with war correspondents as heroes, victims, or martyrs."--The New York Review of Books "A worthy contribution to the scholarly literature on media, war, and conflict. It should be required reading for scholars and students of journalism and political communication. It adds significant depth to our understanding of how reporters are affected by nationalistic and neoliberal business motives in their reporting of international events." --Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly "Becoming the Story is a valuable addition to the field of critical media studies, journalism history, and twenty-first-century military history." --H-Net Reviews"In most academic studies of post-9/11 war reporting, the challenges and risks that the ‘conflict correspondents’ face often get insufficient attention. Lindsay Palmer’s pioneering and commendable study fills a gap in journalism scholarship. Highly recommended."--Daya Kishan Thussu, author of News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death,' the late foreign correspondent Marie Colvin observed, 'and trying to bear witness' in order to 'find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda.' Lindsay Palmer’s book honors this commitment, offering us a rigorously perceptive assessment of war reporting over the first decade since the September 11 attacks. Its case studies draw upon analyses of the news coverage, as well as extensive interviews with correspondents and their editors, to present important insights into what gets reported, how and why. Essential reading."--Stuart Allan, author of Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-operation, Collaboration and Connectivity

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe September 11 attacks produced great changes in journalism and the lives of the people who practiced it. Foreign reporters felt surrounded by the hate of American colleagues for the enemy. Americans in combat areas became literal targets of antiU.S. sentiment. Behind the lines, editors and bureau chiefs scrambled to reorient priorities while feeling the pressure of sending others into danger. Becoming the Story examines the transformation of war reporting in the decade after 9/11. Lindsay Palmer delves into times when print or television correspondents themselves received intense public scrutiny because of an incident associated with the work of war reporting. Such instances include Daniel Pearl's kidnapping and murder; Bob Woodruff's near-fatal injury in Iraq; the expulsions of Maziar Bahari and Nazila Fathi from Iran in 2009; the sexual assault of Lara Logan; and Marie Colvin's 2012 death in Syria. Merging analysis with in-depth interviews of Woodruff and others, Palmer shows whatTrade Review"[Palmer] is on to something as she as she examines how Western audiences and readers are encouraged to empathize with war correspondents as heroes, victims, or martyrs."--The New York Review of Books "A worthy contribution to the scholarly literature on media, war, and conflict. It should be required reading for scholars and students of journalism and political communication. It adds significant depth to our understanding of how reporters are affected by nationalistic and neoliberal business motives in their reporting of international events." --Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly "Becoming the Story is a valuable addition to the field of critical media studies, journalism history, and twenty-first-century military history." --H-Net Reviews"In most academic studies of post-9/11 war reporting, the challenges and risks that the ‘conflict correspondents’ face often get insufficient attention. Lindsay Palmer’s pioneering and commendable study fills a gap in journalism scholarship. Highly recommended."--Daya Kishan Thussu, author of News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death,' the late foreign correspondent Marie Colvin observed, 'and trying to bear witness' in order to 'find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda.' Lindsay Palmer’s book honors this commitment, offering us a rigorously perceptive assessment of war reporting over the first decade since the September 11 attacks. Its case studies draw upon analyses of the news coverage, as well as extensive interviews with correspondents and their editors, to present important insights into what gets reported, how and why. Essential reading."--Stuart Allan, author of Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-operation, Collaboration and Connectivity

Read more less

Book SynopsisDuring the first three months of 1972 a trial took place in the middle district of Pennsylvania: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA versus Eqbal Ahmad, Philip Berrigan, Elizabeth McAlister, Neil McLaughlin, Anthony Scoblick, Mary Cain Scoblick, Joseph Wenderoth. The defendants stood accused of conspiring to raid federal offices, to bomb government property, and to kidnap presidential advisor Henry Kissinger. Six of those seven individuals are, or were, Roman Catholic clergypriests and nuns. Members of the new Catholic Left.' from the introduction When The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left was originally published in 1972, it remained on The New York Times Book Review New and Recommended list for six weeks and was selected as one of the Notable Books of the Year. Now, forty years later, William O'Rourke's book eloquently speaks to a new generation of readers interested in American history and the religious anti-war protest movements of the Vietnam era. O'RoTrade Review“O’Rourke’s book on the Harrisburg trial was a classic when it first appeared and remains a classic of trial reporting, an account even forty years later that is still pertinent to our contemporary situation. His new afterword is a gem of condensed history. It is a boon to journalists, historians, and political analysts to have this book back in print.” —David Black, author of The King of Fifth Avenue and The Extinction Event“O’Rourke’s book does indeed have something of the antique and curious about it, concerning as it does, a trial in which the federal government was arraigning seven fierce opponents of the Vietnam War for conspiring to raid government offices, bomb Washington’s infrastructures and kidnap President Richard Nixon’s advisor, Henry Kissinger . . . . It is worth noting that ‘The Harrisburg 7’ remained on the New York Times 1972 ‘new and recommended’ list for six weeks after its first publication.” —ND Works“The religious antiwar protests of the Vietnam War era form the background of this reprint, which brings to life the 1972 trial of seven anti-war activists who were accused of conspiring to raid the federal offices, bomb federal property and kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger. The 40th anniversary edition features a new afterword by the author . . . that includes a history of the new Catholic Left for the past four decades.” —Notre Dame Magazine“The 40th anniversary edition of this influential book, which includes a new afterword, speaks to readers interested in the religious antiwar protests of the Vietnam era.” —U.S. Catholic“O’Rourke excels at bringing Harrisburg into the story. His expansive accounts of jury selection in this conservative region show what the defense had to overcome. . . . Republication of The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left should help introduce a new generation to these important events and to refocus attention on how the Vietnam War and the antiwar movement affected the home front.” —Pennsylvania History“For the sociologist interested in religion and social movements this edition published 40 years later with an Afterword and index makes for a fascinating ethnographic read.” —Catholic Books Review

Read more less

Book SynopsisThoroughly revised and updated, the fourth edition of Writing for Journalists focuses on the craft of journalistic writing, offering invaluable insight on how to hook readers and keep them to the end of your article.The book offers a systematic approach to news and feature writing that starts with the basics and builds to more complex and longer pieces. The authors give the reader the tools they need to deliver engaging and authoritative writing that works across print and digital. Drawing on professional insight from writers across the industry, the book guides readers through the essential elements needed to write powerful and effective news stories, from hard news pieces to features on business, science, travel and entertainment reviews. New to this edition are hands-on writing exercises accompanying each chapter to help reinforce key points; chapters on how to build a professional profile, pitch stories and get commissioned; and a section on online writing, SEO, anTrade Review"This is an outstanding practical introduction to writing for journalists of all kinds - news, features, print, online. Starting with first principles, it buildsability through exercises at each stage and a structured progression to more complex issues like interviews, data, science and business. With contributions from leading journalism teachers and professional journalists it is a timely update of previous introductions taking full account of the digital transition in newsrooms and the expectations from employers of multimedia competence. At a time when journalists are under scrutiny for their professionalism and high standards are at a premium it offers an excellent introduction to key skills for those entering the business." Richard Sambrook, Professor of Journalism and Director of the Centre for Journalism at Cardiff Univeristy, formerly Director of Global News at the BBC"In the summer of 2018, when we, a group of mainly print and TV journalists at The Telegraph India and other brands of India’s top media group ABP were struggling to adjust to a native digital newsroom, Matt came to our rescue. His clear vision of how to approach a multimedia story was immensely beneficial. This book is an extension of those practical tips. A much needed book for both journalists and journalism educators. I have used many of Matt’s tips like how to approach a feature, decide on multimedia content among others in my class and my students found them interesting. The real-life examples and exercises through out the book adds much value to it. It also covers a wide spectrum of journalistic writing which sets the principles of journalism straight." Sambit Pal, Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Mass Communications, formerly journalist at The Telegraph India"Early in my career I would have loved to be able to draw on the diverse, rigorous advice you’ll find in these pages, and even now I found so much in here to challenge and encourage." Peter Grunert, Group Editor, Magazines for Lonely PlanetTable of Contents1. How to read like a journalistHow purposeful reading can develop your journalistic instinct and sharpen your writing2. The news introUnderstand news values and learn how to construct a compelling opening paragraph3. The first three paragraphsA fail-safe formula to write the opening three paragraphs to any news story4. News structure and styleHow to structure longer news pieces and deal with more complex stories in style5. Writing for the webHow to write for online; understand analytics and SEO and make social media work for youGavin Allen6. Developing feature ideas Understand your readers and learn how to develop news-driven feature ideas they will want to read7. Starting your featureWhy ‘Showing, Telling and Quoting’ are a writer’s building blocks and the key to dynamic intros 8. Structure and quotes How to use quotes and understand the three interviewee types essential to your writing9. Storytelling and travel writingDiscover what storytelling does to your brain and how to use that in any piece of writing10. Interview features Professional writers explain how to research, structure and write the perfect interview 11. Writing reviewsHow to write reviews on anything from literature and the arts to bicycles and fast carsHarriett Gilbert12. Making complex ideas accessible Business and science journalists explain how to make complex stories accessible to allMatt Swaine, Aiden O'Donnell and Nigel Stephenson13. Boxouts, design and multimedia How to write boxouts and plan multimedia content to deliver strong feature packages14. The professional writerBuild your professional profile, hit deadlines, edit your work and develop a unique voiceGlossaryKey terms you may come across in the world of journalismRecommended readingBooks on journalism, politics, business, science and the environment and Twitter lists to followSuggested answersAppendix with answers to exercises in chapters 2, 3 and 5Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisFilm viewing presents a unique situation in which the film viewer is unwittingly placed in the role of a multimodal translator, finding themselves entirely responsible for interpreting multifaceted meanings at the mercy of their own semiotic repertoire. Yet, researchers have made little attempt, as they have for literary texts, to explain the gap in translation when it comes to multimodality. It is no wonder then that, in an era of informed consumerism, film viewers have been trying to develop their own toolboxes for the tasks that they are faced with when viewing foreign language films by sharing information online. This is particularly the case with South Korean film, which has drawn the interest of foreign viewers who want to understand these untranslatable meanings and even go as far as learning the Korean language to do so. Understanding Korean Film: A Cross-Cultural Perspective breaks this long-awaited ground by explaining the meaning potential of a selectTable of ContentsTable of Contents LIST OF FIGURESLIST OF TABLESACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PRELIMINARIES1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE GLOBAL AGE OF KOREAN FILM 1.2. THE ONE-INCH BARRIER 1.3. FILM VIEWERS SEEK VISIBILITY 1.4. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING KOREAN INTERACTIONS1.5. WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS BOOK 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.1. CALLS FOR VISIBILITY 2.1.1. Calls for Visibility in National Film Studies2.1.2. Current K-Film Literature 2.1.3. Defining Foreign 2.1.4. Invisibility in Translation and Foreignisation 2.1.5. Cultural Translation2.1.6. The Implications of (In)visibles 2.1.7. Cultural Appropriation and The Problems with Anglicisation 2.2. KOREAN COMMUNICATION: A BIRD’S EYE VIEW 2.2.1. Interactional Dynamics: A Socio-Pragmatically Rich Language2.2.2. Distance matters: Respect vs. Intimacy 2.2.3. Speech Styles2.2.4. Negotiating Respect and Intimacy: How to Modulate Expressions2.2.5. The Importance of Non-Verbal Communication 2.2.6. How This Culminates in Multimodal Invisibility in K-Film2.2.7. Summary: Socio-Pragmatic Invisibles in K-film Translation 3. THE KOREAN CULTURAL CONTEXT3.1. FIVE RELATIONS: THE FUNDAMENT OF NEO-CONFUCIANISM3.1.1. Parents and children 3.1.2. King and subjects3.1.3. Husband and Wife3.1.4. Age3.1.5. Siblings3.1.6. Womanhood 3.2. CONTEMPORARY CONFUCIAN CONTEXT3.2.1. Oryun in Contemporary Korea3.3. ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS TO FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH3.3.1. Han (한) 3.3.2. Jeong (정)3.3.3. Ansim (안심)3.3.4. Nunchi (눈치)3.3.5. Chemyeon (체면)4. SOCIO-PRAGMATIC STRATEGIES IN K-FILM4.1. HOW TO ADDRESS PEOPLE: ADDRESS TERMS AND SECOND PERSON PRONOUNS 4.2. NON-VERBAL HONORIFICS 4.3. MULTIMODAL MODULATION HYPOTHESIS4.4. HOW DO WE DEFINE A ‘SOCIO-PRAGMATIC PRIMITIVE’?4.4.1. Social Factors 4.4.2. Classifying the Politeness of Expressions 4.5. SOCIO-PRAGMATIC PRIMITIVES IN MORE CONCRETE TERMS4.5.1. Abbreviations and logical operators4.5.2. Reading conditional and defeasible logic 4.6. A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC TOOLBOX FOR INTERPRETING K-FILM 4.6.1. Non-Verbal Socio-Pragmatic Primitives4.6.2. Verbal Socio-Pragmatic Primitives4.6.3. Summary: Using socio-pragmatic primitives for film analysis and casual film viewing 5. CASE STUDIES5.1. SADO5.1.1. Context 5.1.2. Case Study 1: How to Irritate Your Neo-Confucian Father 5.1.3. Case Study 2: The Girl Doesn’t Know Her Place 5.2. GISAENGCHUNG5.2.1. Context5.2.2. Case Study 3: Why Did Mr. Kim Kill Mr. Park?5.3. 82 NYEONSAENG KIM JI-YOUNG5.3.1. Context 5.3.2. Case Study 4: What Happened to Ji-young at Chuseok? 5.4. TAEKSI UNJEONSA 5.4.1. Context 5.4.2. Case Study 5: He isn’t just having a hard time, he’s lost all hope. 5.4.3. Case Study 6: They’re good friends, it’s not just humorous5.4.4. Case Study 7: He’s not just saying sorry, he genuinely feels guilty5.4.5. Case Study 8: Skinship and the development of Sa-bok and Jürgen’s bond 5.5. CHINGU 5.5.1. Case Study 9: "You Wanna Die?" 5.5.2. Case Study 10: Frenemies5.6. JOPOK MANURA 5.6.1. Case Study 11: Who does Eun-jin respect?5.6.2. Case Study 12: How ‘Not’ to Meet Your Korean In-Laws 5.6.3. Case Study 13: 101 on Being a Woman: Uhhh Oppa!5.6.4. Case Study 14: From Gangster to Wife 5.7. HANYEO 5.7.1. Case Study 15: He’s Losing His Temper5.7.2. Case Study 16: Don’t Call Me Crazy! 5.7.3. Case Study 17: The Gohs’ Insincerity 5.7.4. Case Study 18: The Housekeeper's Apology 5.8. AI KAEN SEUPIKEU 5.8.1. Case Study 19: Stimulating Empathy, Korean Style!5.8.2. Case Study 20: Creating Poignancy in Language Use 5.8.3. Case Study 21: Defining Bad5.8.4. Case Study 22: Chief Park? Forget it, I’ll call you Min-Jae!6. CONCLUSION 6.1. BEYOND THE SUBTITLE 6.2. THE TERMS FOR UNDERSTANDING K-FILM 6.3. FILM RESEARCHERS AS TRANSLATORS6.4. THE FUTURE OF THIS RESEARCHBASIC MULTIMODAL GLOSSARY FOR K-FILM VIEWINGAPPENDIXREFERENCES FILMOGRAPHY INDEX

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this sixth edition of Television Sports Production, regional Emmy Award-winning producer Jim Owens walks readers through the planning, setup, directing, announcing, shooting, and editing involved in covering a sports event.Originally written as a training guide for entry-level broadcast staff at the Olympics, this manual gives readers the tools they need to effectively cover sports from ice skating to motorcycle racing. Throughout, Owens breaks down all aspects of the production process, revealing the techniques that producers and directors use to bring sports to a worldwide audience. Chapters further include tips and advice on using the latest technologies and tools such as production trucks, REMIs, smart phones, mobile units, cameras, audio equipment, and lighting rigs. Featuring new instructive illustrations and sample forms, as well as testimonials from experienced professionals in the business, this new edition gives readers an inside look at how the expTrade ReviewPraise for Television Sports Production, 5th Edition"Quite simply, no one person knows more about how to teach sports television production than Jim Owens. With nine Olympic broadcasts under his belt, including the training of students that worked at six Olympics, Jim is unique in both his knowledge of professional television sports production and how to teach students the skills and techniques necessary for them to be a successful part of any sports production."--Michael Silbergleid, former Editor, Television Broadcast Magazine"It’s the best information reference on television sports production that I have ever seen! It is a book that really cuts to the essence of what television sports production is really about."--Brian Douglas, Television Producer/Director, Head of Olympic Production for Salt Lake, Torino and Vancouver Olympics"A sports production book for seasoned professionals and newcomers alike with detailed information, diagrams and charts covering diverse areas of expertise all in a single volume. In a condensed format, a wide body of knowledge is at your disposal."--Joseph Maar, Vice President of Programming & Production, NESN"This is not only the definitive text on remote television sports production, but Jim Owens brings the unique perspective of vast personal experience gained working at live remotes."--Ben Brown, Partner, Event Support Services"Jim Owens offers a unique perspective as an educator and an author. He explains the language of broadcast jargon and technical terms in simple language that draws the reader into the fascinating world of sports television. His unique access to television professionals has allowed him to compile an encyclopedia of relevant information."--Dennis Baxter, Four-time Emmy Award winner in audio for CBS and NBC SportsPraise for Television Sports Production, 5th Edition"Quite simply, no one person knows more about how to teach sports television production than Jim Owens. With nine Olympic broadcasts under his belt, including the training of students that worked at six Olympic Games, Jim is unique in both his knowledge of professional television sports production and how to teach students the skills and techniques necessary for them to be a successful part of any sports production."--Michael Silbergleid, Former Editor, Television Broadcast Magazine"It’s the best information reference on television sports production that I have ever seen! It is a book that really cuts to the essence of what television sports production is really about."--Brian Douglas, Television Producer/Director, Head of Olympic Production for Salt Lake, Torino and Vancouver Olympics"A sports production book for seasoned professionals and newcomers alike with detailed information, diagrams, and charts covering diverse areas of expertise all in a single volume. In a condensed format, a wide body of knowledge is at your disposal."--Joseph Maar, Vice President of Programming & Production, NESN"This is not only the definitive text on remote television sports production, but Jim Owens brings the unique perspective of vast personal experience gained working at live remotes."--Ben Brown, Partner, Event Support Services"Jim Owens offers a unique perspective as an educator and an author. He explains the language of broadcast jargon and technical terms in simple language that draws the reader into the fascinating world of sports television. His unique access to television professionals has allowed him to compile an encyclopedia of relevant information."--Dennis Baxter, Four-time Emmy Award winner in audio for CBS and NBC SportsTable of ContentsForewordIntroductionAcknowledgments PrefacePart 1: Introduction To Remote ProductionChapter 1: What is Remote Production?Chapter 2: Television Sports PersonnelChapter 3: What is Television?Chapter 4: Production FacilitiesPart 2: PlanningChapter 5: Planning the ProductionChapter 6: CamerasChapter 7: LightingChapter 8: Audio ProductionChapter 9: Design: Graphics and SetsChapter 10: Preproduction and Setup Part 3: Creating the ProductionChapter 11: The ProductionChapter 12: Directing: Telling the StoryChapter 13: Sports AnnouncingChapter 14: PostproductionChapter 15: Production SafetyChapter 16: Budgeting for the RemoteAppendix I: Truck DiagramsAppendix II: Camera Placement DiagramsAppendix III: Microphone DiagramsAppendix IV: Production Support DocumentsAppendix V: Event StoryboardsAppendix VI: Sports Announcing ArticleGlossaryRecommended ReadingIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book examines the growing importance of algorithms and automationincluding emerging forms of artificial intelligencein the gathering, composition, and distribution of news. In it the authors connect a long line of research on journalism and computation with scholarly and professional terrain yet to be explored. Taken as a whole, these chapters share some of the noble ambitions of the pioneering publications on reporting algorithms', such as a desire to see computing help journalists in their watchdog role by holding power to account. However, they also go further, firstly by addressing the fuller range of technologies that computational journalism now consists of: from chatbots and recommender systems to artificial intelligence and atomised journalism. Secondly, they advance the literature by demonstrating the increased variety of uses for these technologies, including engaging underserved audiences, selling subscriptions, and recombining and re-using content. Thirdly, tTable of Contents1. Algorithms, Automation, and News Neil Thurman, Seth C. Lewis and Jessica Kunert2. On the Democratic Role of News Recommenders Natali Helberger3. Newsbots That Mediate Journalist and Audience Relationships Heather Ford and Jonathon Hutchinson4. Public Service Chatbots: Automating Conversation with BBC News Bronwyn Jones and Rhianne Jones5. Selling News to Audiences – A Qualitative Inquiry into the Emerging Logics of Algorithmic News Personalization in European Quality News MediaBalázs Bodó6. Making Artificial Intelligence Work for Investigative Journalism Jonathan Stray7. Human Still in the Loop. Editors Reconsider the Ideals of Professional Journalism Through Automation Marko Milosavljević and Igor Vobič8. News Algorithms, Photojournalism and the Assumption of Mechanical Objectivity in Journalism Matt Carlson9. Structured Journalism and the Semantic Units of News David Caswell10. Atomising the News: The (In)Flexibility of Structured Journalism Rhianne Jones and Bronwyn Jones11. Towards a Design Orientation on Algorithms and Automation in News Production Nicholas Diakopoulos12. Prioritizing the Audience’s View of Automation in Journalism Andrea L. Guzman

Read more less

Book SynopsisEvaluation Across Newspaper Genres: Hard News Stories, Editorials and Feature Articles is the first book-length study of evaluation or stance in three major newspaper genres: hard news stories, editorials and feature articles, the last of which is a Cinderella genre in linguistic studies. It offers a fresh approach to exploring the ways in which evaluation or stance contributes to the construction of the three newspaper genres, each with a distinct communicative purpose.Key features include using a 900,000-word comparable corpus of newspaper texts arranged by genre and topic domain drawing on a specially developed framework of analysis with a strong orientation to news values carrying out structural analysis by creating sub-corpora of different parts of newspaper texts and adopting a functional approach to evaluation in newspaper discourse Evaluation Across Newspaper Genres amply demonstrates that evaluation Table of ContentsList of tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. PART I: Defining, identifying and categorizing evaluation in discourse. 2. Evaluation as a driver of text construction. 3. Towards a new approach to evaluation. PART II: Delving into evaluation in newspaper discourse. 4. Evaluation in hard news stories. 5. Evaluation in editorials. 6. Evaluation in feature articles. 7. Epistemic evaluation in hard news stories, editorials and feature articles. PART III: Summing up. 8. Final considerations. Appendices. References. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisWhen a reporter for The New York Times uproots her family to move to West Africa, she manages her new role as breadwinner while finding women cleverly navigating extraordinary circumstances in a forgotten place for much of the Western world.  “A story you will not soon forget.”—Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Award–winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty In 2015, Dionne Searcey was covering the economy for The New York Times, living in Brooklyn with her husband and three young children. Saddled with the demands of a dual-career household and motherhood in an urban setting, her life was in a rut. She decided to pursue a job as the paper’s West Africa bureau chief, an amazing but daunting opportunity to cover a swath of territory encompassing two dozen countries and 500 million people. Landing with her family in Dakar, Senegal, she quickly found their lives turned upside

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is advocacy journalism of the most persuasive kind — impassioned but never shrill or argumentative, solidly grounded in facts patiently marshaled to make the case. . . . Hochschild builds his evidence with the skill and rigor of a master bricklayer. . . . Repeatedly, in his hands, the past becomes vividly rendered prologue to the present.” * San Francisco Chronicle *“Hochschild is adept at both journalistic and historical reporting, with the theme of humanity’s capacity for darkness woven throughout. A necessary look at a past that feels uncomfortably familiar. One is left to wonder how future essayists in Hochschild’s circle will view the world we currently inhabit." * Library Journal *“In these essays about places around the globe, Hochschild's graceful, informative, straightforward writing always finds the telling detail as well as the people of courage in the most horrifying of situations. Focusing on some of the direst eras of recent history, these potent essays nevertheless find reason for hope in the idealism of individuals.” * Kirkus Reviews *“A perfect complement to his earlier books, it could just as well serve as a stand-alone introduction to his work. . . . Hochschild’s characteristic blend of compassion, nuanced judgement, diligent research and literary craftsmanship is evident throughout. He is also expert at finding the telling and memorable nugget.” * Peace News *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction The Surveillance State 1 • Lessons from a Dark Time 2 • Students as Spies 3 • Hoover’s Secret Empire 4 • The Father of American Surveillance 5 • Prison Madness Africa 6 • The Listening House 7 • All That Glitters 8 • A Showman in the Rainforest 9 • Heart of Darkness: Fiction or Reportage? 10 • On the Campaign Trail with Nelson Mandela India 11 • India’s American Imports 12 • Palm Trees and Paradoxes 13 • The Brick Master 14 • The Impossible City Europe 15 • Our Night with Its Stars Askew 16 • Shortstops in Siberia 17 • A Homage to Homage 18 • On Which Continent Was the Holocaust Born? 19 • Sunday School History America 20 • Pilot on the Great River: Mark Twain’s Nonfiction 21 • A Literary Engineer 22 • A Nation of Guns The Continent of Words 23 • You Never Know What’s Going to Happen Yesterday 24 • Practicing History without a License 25 • On the Road Again 26 • Books and Our Souls Acknowledgments Article Sources Photo Credits

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected and updated over two dozenessaysand pieces of reporting from his long career. Threaded through them all is his concern for social justice and the people who have fought for it. The articles here range from a California gun show to a Finnish prison, from a Congolese center for rape victims to the ruins of gulag camps in the Soviet Arctic,from a stroll through construction sites with an ecologically pioneering architect in India to a day on the campaign trail with Nelson Mandela. Hochschild also talks about the writers he loves, from Mark Twain to John McPhee, and explores such far-reaching topics as why so much history is badly written, what bookshelves tell us about their owners, and his front-row seat for the shocking revelation in the 1960s that the CIA had been secretly controlling dozens of supposedly independent organizations. With the skills of a journalist, the knowledge of a historian, and the heart of an activist, Hochschild shares the stories of people who took a stand against despotism, spoke out against unjust wars and government surveillance, and dared to dream of a better and more just world.Trade Review"This is advocacy journalism of the most persuasive kind — impassioned but never shrill or argumentative, solidly grounded in facts patiently marshaled to make the case. . . . Hochschild builds his evidence with the skill and rigor of a master bricklayer. . . . Repeatedly, in his hands, the past becomes vividly rendered prologue to the present.” * San Francisco Chronicle *“Hochschild is adept at both journalistic and historical reporting, with the theme of humanity’s capacity for darkness woven throughout. A necessary look at a past that feels uncomfortably familiar. One is left to wonder how future essayists in Hochschild’s circle will view the world we currently inhabit." * Library Journal *“In these essays about places around the globe, Hochschild's graceful, informative, straightforward writing always finds the telling detail as well as the people of courage in the most horrifying of situations. Focusing on some of the direst eras of recent history, these potent essays nevertheless find reason for hope in the idealism of individuals.” * Kirkus Reviews *“A perfect complement to his earlier books, it could just as well serve as a stand-alone introduction to his work. . . . Hochschild’s characteristic blend of compassion, nuanced judgement, diligent research and literary craftsmanship is evident throughout. He is also expert at finding the telling and memorable nugget.” * Peace News *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction The Surveillance State 1 • Lessons from a Dark Time 2 • Students as Spies 3 • Hoover’s Secret Empire 4 • The Father of American Surveillance 5 • Prison Madness Africa 6 • The Listening House 7 • All That Glitters 8 • A Showman in the Rainforest 9 • Heart of Darkness: Fiction or Reportage? 10 • On the Campaign Trail with Nelson Mandela India 11 • India’s American Imports 12 • Palm Trees and Paradoxes 13 • The Brick Master 14 • The Impossible City Europe 15 • Our Night with Its Stars Askew 16 • Shortstops in Siberia 17 • A Homage to Homage 18 • On Which Continent Was the Holocaust Born? 19 • Sunday School History America 20 • Pilot on the Great River: Mark Twain’s Nonfiction 21 • A Literary Engineer 22 • A Nation of Guns The Continent of Words 23 • You Never Know What’s Going to Happen Yesterday 24 • Practicing History without a License 25 • On the Road Again 26 • Books and Our Souls Acknowledgments Article Sources Photo Credits

Read more less