Journalism Books

Book SynopsisCollected here for the first time: a selection of the great writer's journalism, which he considered more important to his legacy than his acclaimed novels.Late in his life, Gabriel García Márquez declared: “I don’t want to be remembered for One Hundred Years of Solitude, nor for the Nobel Prize, but rather for the newspaper. I was born a journalist. . . . It’s in my blood.”  Now available for the first time in English, this selection offers a glimpse into the great novelist’s career as a reporter. Ranging from the early pieces he wrote while starting out in Colombia to his longer reportage from Paris and Rome and, later on, from Venezuela and Mexico, these fifty journalistic writings amply display the narrative gifts that made his reputation. The Scandal of the Century is a tribute to García Márquez’s dedication to the profession he believed to be “the best in the world.”

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Book SynopsisAs Matthew Pressmanâs timely history reveals, during the turbulent 1960s and 70s the core values that held the news industry together broke apart and the distinctive characteristics of contemporary American print journalism emerged. Simply reporting the facts was no longer enough as reporters recognized a need to interpret events for their readers.Trade ReviewThe stories behind the stories are often more interesting than the stories themselves. On Press is the ultimate story behind all the stories. In tracing the evolution of news over the past half century, Matthew Pressman has produced an account that’s deeply historical and not a little troubling. In an age when the press is alternately villain or hero, Pressman serves as a kind of medicine man of journalism, telling us how we got from there to here and warning us what must change. -- Graydon Carter, former editor of Vanity FairMatthew Pressman helps us understand how we came to our current, troubled media moment with his deeply researched, engagingly written history of America’s press in the 1960s and ’70s. This is an important and original contribution—and a needed one. -- Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for the Washington PostMy prayers for a new way to think about the so-called crisis over ‘trust’ in the press have been answered thanks to media scholar Matthew Pressman’s erudite new history…Pressman’s framing helps explain President Donald Trump’s broadsides against what he calls the ‘fake news’ and why measurements of trust in the news profession decline almost every time Gallup fires up a new poll. -- Jack Shafer * Politico *Pressman details…the competing pressures [that] forced journalists to fundamentally recalibrate their work, reconsidering in turn core values like objectivity…[As] Pressman argues, it was a once-in-a-century sea change that both ushered in journalism as it’s understood today and foreshadowed the press corps’ current predicament. -- David Uberti * The Nation *Pressman shows…there was a purpose behind the old ideas of ‘objectivity’ and ‘fairness.’ At their best, journalists examine questions of genuine importance and offer citizens a chance to hear competing arguments on various sides of the issues at stake. This task includes pointing out when claims are at odds with the facts. -- E. J. Dionne, Jr. * Washington Post *[A] really smart, trenchant look at the way that the news media has changed…Remarkable. -- Natalia Petrzela * Past Present podcast *I very much recommend [On Press]…It’s about the rise of explanatory reporting, the changeover from journalism as really a kind of stenography, where they’re just reprinting speeches and press releases…to more interpretive reporting…Really terrific. -- Ezra Klein * Ezra Klein Show *Well-researched, lucid, and engaging, On Press helps us understand attitudes toward the mass media (and, especially, financially strapped and embattled newspapers) in the Age of Trump. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Psychology Today *Something dramatic changed in American journalism between 1960 and 1980, claims Matthew Pressman. Instead of just a bald catalogue of what politicians and officials were doing and saying, news coverage…began to reflect a distinctive set of values…On Press explores this decisive liberal turn and its enduring impact down to today. * Times Higher Education *An original, deeply researched, and engaging examination of the fundamental changes in American journalism from the 1960s up to the rise of the digital. An indispensable work. -- Michael Schudson, author of Why Journalism Still MattersAn excellent account of where journalism has been, is now, and possibly will go in the twenty-first century. Pressman deftly demonstrates how print journalists decided that reporting the facts was no longer sufficient in an electronic age where interpretation and analysis of events were desperately needed. -- Joe Saltzman, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern CaliforniaImpressively well-researched…Presents a logical and compelling look at journalism past and present. -- Catherine Ramsdell * PopMatters *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an outstanding book, the product of careful thinking, of remarkable and painstaking gathering of data on investigative reporting—past and present—that no one in academia or in journalism has ever undertaken before. It is a moving, evidence-based affirmation of the value of journalism to democracy. -- Michael Schudson, Columbia UniversityIn riveting detail, Hamilton meticulously examines the storied history of investigative journalism in America, chronicles its current malaise, and makes a convincing case that pouring resources into gumshoe reporting makes economic sense for sclerotic news organizations. Why? Because readers hunger for more of it and are willing to pay to read it. -- Walter V. Robinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and Editor-at-Large at the Boston GlobeProvides an extraordinarily precise and painstaking examination of the state of investigative journalism in the United States. Using a wide array of statistical measures and a case study of Pat Stith, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The News and Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, Hamilton demonstrates that investigative reporting (involving original work about important issues that someone wants to keep secret) costing thousands of dollars can produce millions of dollars in benefits to society. And Hamilton issues an urgent warning that this essential public service is underprovided in the market. His book should command the attention of every citizen who is concerned about the implications for our democracy when sunlight, which is the best disinfectant against corruption and incompetence, is obscured and blocked. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Huffington Post *A highly original look at exactly what the subtitle promises…Has this topic ever been more important than this year? -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *Bracing. -- Rick Edmonds * Poynter *By bringing the economist’s eye to the business of investigative journalism, Hamilton sharpens our appreciation of the craft as he explores its history, the motivations publishers have to fund the work, and the cash benefits investigations pay out. -- Jack Shafer * Reason *Hamilton provides what is likely the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the economics of investigative journalism yet conducted…Democracy’s Detectives is essential reading for anyone interested in the economics of news, and it is a master class in methodological creativity and ingenuity in conducting social science research. -- Philip M. Napoli * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *[A] terrific new book. -- Sam Lebovic * Los Angeles Review of Books *Hamilton’s book presents a thoughtful and detailed case for the indispensability of investigative journalism—and just at the time when we needed it. Now more than ever, reporters can play an essential role as society’s watchdogs, working to expose corruption, greed, and injustice of the years to come. For this reason, Democracy’s Detectives should be taken as both a call to arms and a bracing reminder, for readers and journalists alike, of the importance of the profession. -- Anya Schiffrin * The Nation *

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Book SynopsisCongress, the Press, and Political Accountability is the first large-scale examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Douglas Arnold asks: do local newspapers provide the information citizens need in order to hold representatives accountable for their actions in office? In contrast with previous studies, which largely focused on the campaign period, he tests various hypotheses about the causes and consequences of media coverage by exploring coverage during an entire congressional session. Using three samples of local newspapers from across the country, Arnold analyzes all coverage over a two-year period--every news story, editorial, opinion column, letter, and list. First he investigates how twenty-five newspapers covered twenty-five local representatives; and next, how competing newspapers in six cities covered their corresponding legislators. Examination of an even larger sample, sixty-seven newspapers and 187 representaTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005 "Arnold here does it all: he identifies important research questions, conducts extensive research to answer them, and interprets data carefully. This sophisticated and thoughtful study is the best yet of Congress and the press."--Choice "Arnold sets an ambitious goal: 'This book is the first large-scale study of how local media outlets cover members of Congress.' His ultimate success exemplifies how content analysis can illuminate a subject with empirical and systematic findings... This exploration constitutes a significant contribution to our understanding of Congress and the news media... [The book] has a timeless feel ... [which] seems to guarantee that readers will be learning from this book well into the future."--Robert Klotz, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Legislators, Journalists, and Citizens 1 2. Explaining the Volume of Newspaper Coverage 29 3. How Newspapers Cover Legislators 64 4. Legislators as Position Takers 92 5. Legislators as Policy Makers 125 6. Legislators as Candidates 156 7. How Newspapers Differ 194 8. Effects of Newspaper Coverage on Citizens 221 9. The Press and Political Accountability 244 References 265 Index 273

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Book SynopsisDealing with subjects ranging from a Swedish hotel made of ice to the enigma of UFOs, from a tragedy on Lake Minnetonka to the gold mine of cyberpornography, this book presents over 90 essays. It covers various topics such as the environment, terrorism, education, sports, politics, and music.Trade Review"Reading the anthology under review is a learning experience; at least it is for those still taking journalism very seriously and potentially to news workers the globe over. In today's multi-channel media environment, governed by new media and web blogs, we constantly rely on enterprises such as this, to illuminate the as yet reassuring boundaries between news and entertainment media."--Adriana Neagu, American British and Canadian StudiesTable of ContentsPreface by John McPhee xiii Aliens by Joel Achenbach 1 Baby Jessica by Evan Thomas 7 History: How American Myths Are Made 10 If You Want to Humble an Empire by Nancy Gibbs 13 Fighting for Life 50 Floors Up, with One Tool and Ingenuity by Jim Dwyer 18 US Airways Flight 1549: Old Hands on the River Didn't Have to Be Told What to Do 19 Anthrax by Marilyn Thompson 22 The Everyman Who Exposed Tainted Toothpaste by Walt Bogdanich 25 When the Terror Began by Alexander Wolff 29 Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America by Michael Dobbs 35 A Knock on the Door by Serge Schmemann 41 Tiananmen Massacre by Rose Tang 44 Finding Respite from Worries by Jill Abramson 50 My Father's Closet by John Seabrook 52 A Backward Glance by Elizabeth Kendall 58 Silk Parachute by John McPhee 61 The Road Block by Peter Godwin 63 Burning My Father 66 A Moving Experience by Paula Span 68 The Lure of the Frozen Lake by Julia Keller 73 True Love Is Made of This by Michael Vitez 78 The Greatest Penn Success Story 80 A Pit Bull Who Provided Lessons in Loyalty and Unfailing Love 84 A Sign: It's Jesus, or a Lunch Bargain by Peter Applebome 85 The Two Lives of John Favors'72: A Political Activist Becomes a Monk in the Hare Krishna Movement by Melvin R. McCray 88 In Albania, a Girl Who Became a Man by Barbara Demick 94 The North Korean Film Festival: No Stars, No Swag, but What a Crowd! 97 Title Inflation: How Hollywood Watches Our Wallets by Bob Mondello 101 Ice Accommodations by Juliet Eilperin 104 The Renaissance of the Marais by Mitchel Levitas 110 Walking to Vermont by Christopher S. Wren 114 Between a Woman and Her Doctor: A Story about Abortion by Martha Mendoza 120 Baby's First Helmet by James V. Grimaldi 124 After Etan: The Missing Child Case That Held America Captive by Lisa Cohen 129 A Hostage Crisis Hits Latin America by Juanita Darling 135 Children Caught in the Immigration Crossfire by Kathy Kiely 141 A Father's Promise by Geraldine Moriba Meadows 145 McKinley High School by Athelia Knight 151 A Believing Principal Leads a Battle to Save a School by Dan Grech 157 Edison's Big Loss 161 Yodobashi No. 6 by T. R. Reid 163 Sports: The Glue for Lost Kids by Filip Bondy 169 Curtis Williams--Victory and Ruins by Ken Armstrong 172 Arson Science--To Their Rescue? by Emilie Lounsberry 180 Stinging Tentacles Offer Hint of Oceans' Decline by Elisabeth Rosenthal 185 Chernobyl: The Danger Persists by Felicity Barringer 188 Alaska: Oil's Ground Zero by Jeffrey Bartholet 194 Arctic Rush by Craig Duff 199 The X Files by Thomas E. Weber 206 Internet Gambling by Gilbert Gaul 211 Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report by Charles Lewis 217 Role Model: Sarah McClendon by Roberta Oster Sachs 222 Remembering a Friend: Ed Bradley Was a Gift to Journalism 223 Whose Media Are We? by Ralph J. Begleiter 226 The West and the Arab World: The Case of Media by Daoud Kuttab 233 Don't E-mail Me by Joel Stein 236 Millions of Women Weep 237 The Lessons of Cain 238 A View to a Kill by Charles Lane 241 Cuba: The End of the End of the Revolution by Roger Cohen 247 Guantanamo by Jane Mayer 253 The Promise by Ethan Bronner 259 Gaza Notebook: The Bullets in My In-Box 262 A Gaza Diary by Chris Hedges 266 In Horses, a Personal Refuge by Paul Salopek 273 Hints of Lives Are All That Remains 274 Now They Execute Polite Shuffles: There's a Strange Sameness in the Stories of Baath Party Members in Iraq 275 In Land of Ruin, a House of Stone Shelters Delight 276 Iraq: Transformation Bypasses the Heartland by Thanassis Cambanis 278 Hezbollah Fighter Strove to be a Martyr 281 Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War by Peter Maass 284 Bosnia's Elite "Disappeared" by Roy Gutman 289 Stone Age Ways Surviving, Barely by Calvin Sims 295 Oshima Journal: After 90 Years, Small Gestures of Joy for Lepers 297 Ella in Wonderland by Margo Jefferson 300 On Writers and Writing: D. H. Lawrence Frees the Slaves 302 Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg 305 The Prince by Claudia Roth Pierpont 311 Diary of a Bad Year, by J. M. Coetzee by Richard Eder 316 Beowulf and Fate Meet in a Modern Poet's Lens 317 John Leonard by Robert Christgau 321 Growing by Degrees: Kanye West 323 Pop Music: The Durability of Doo-Wop by Martin Gottlieb 326 On the White Side of Crossover Dreams 330 Something in the Air by Marc Fisher 333 The Sonata Seminar by Alex Ross 339 Shooting War by Mark Feeney 342 A Battalion of One's Own by Barton Gellman 345 Injured in Iraq, a Soldier Is Shattered at Home by Deborah Sontag 351 Connections by David Maraniss 357 Trevor Manuel and the Liberation of Nelson Mandela by Pippa Green 363 Jerry Brown Still Wants Your Vote by Michael Duffy 368 "I Don't Feel No Ways Tired" by Jeff Gerth 372 Fannie Lou Hamer by Kay Mills 378 Fourth of July by Greil Marcus 381 Acknowledgments 385 Index of Authors 391

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Book SynopsisFrom the colonial era to the onset of the Civil War, Magazines and the Making of America looks at how magazines and the individuals, organizations, and circumstances they connected ushered America into the modern age. How did a magazine industry emerge in the United States, where there were once only amateur authors, clumsy technologies for productTrade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2016 CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association "[Magazines and the Making of America] is a work of sociology and as such it contributes to the growing literature on print culture by considering how the demography, geography, and economics of print fueled (and were fueled by) capitalism."--Choice "Magazines and the Making of America is a treasure trove for students of social movements and political history, for it chronicles the scores of movements, from anti-dueling to Indian rights to free love, that swept the nation... A bright star to guide others applying the new methods of social science to historical topics. Haveman has a penchant for coding and counting everything in sight. She tracks each broadside and circular from before the dawn of the nation, and thus we get much more than an impressionistic romp through the history of the genre. The book is chock full of figures and analyses that substantiate the argument, and the narrative is followed by well over a hundred pages of appendices and bibliography."--Frank Dobbin. Administrative Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Why Focus on Magazines? 4 Magazines, Modernization, and Community in America 5 The Modernization of America 9 Modernization and Community in America 12 The Path Forward: The Outline of This Book 15 Conclusion 22 Chapter 2 The History of American Magazines, 1741-1860 23 Magazine Origins 23 Magazine Evolution 26 Variety within and among Magazines 41 Conclusion 52 Chapter 3 The Material and Cultural Foundations of American Magazines 55 Publishing Technologies 57 Distribution Infrastructure: The Post Office 61 The Reading Public 74 Professional Authors and Copyright Law 86 Conclusion 103 Chapter 4 Launching Magazines 106 Who Founded American Magazines? 106 Why Were Magazines Founded? 127 How Did Magazines Gain Public Support? 136 Conclusion 142 Chapter 5 Religion 143 The Changing Face of American Religion 143 The Interplay between Religion and Magazines 160 Conclusion 184 Chapter 6 Social Reform 187 The Evolution of Social Reform Movements 187 Religion and Reform: The Moral Impulse 197 Magazines and Reform 201 The Press, the Pulpit, and the Antislavery Movement 212 Conclusion 221 Chapter 7 The Economy 224 Economic Development 224 Commerce and Magazines 238 Rationality and "Science" in America 245 A New American Revolution: Agriculture Becomes "Scientific" 250 Conclusion 267 Chapter 8 Conclusion 269 Appendix 1: Data and Data Sources 279 Core Data on Magazines: Sources 279 Refining the Sample: Distinguishing Magazines from Other Types of Publications 281 Measuring Magazine Attributes 284 Background Data on Magazine Founders 291 Data on Religion 294 Data on Antislavery Associations 301 Data on Social Reform Associations 303 Other Contextual Data 303 Appendix 2: Methods for Quantitative Data Analysis 307 Units of Analysis 307 Chapter 2: The History of American Magazines, 1741-1860 309 Chapter 3: The Material and Cultural Foundations of American Magazines 310 Chapter 4: Launching Magazines 319 Chapter 5: Religion 327 Chapter 6: Social Reform 335 References 343 Index 395

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Book SynopsisAn NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018!A stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called one helluva page-turner and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as riveting...an astonishing modern media conspiracy that is a fantastic read. Pick up the book everyone is talking about.In 2007, a short blogpost on Valleywag, the Silicon Valley-vertical of Gawker Media, outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel as gay. Thiel's sexuality had been known to close friends and family, but he didn't consider himself a public figure, and believed the information was private. This post would be the casus belli for a meticulously plotted conspiracy that would end nearly a decade later with a $140 million dollar judgment against Gawker, its bankruptcy and with Nick Denton, Gawker's CEO and founder, out of a job. Only later would the world learn that Gawker's demise was not incidental--it had been masterminded by Thiel.For years, Thiel had searched endlessly for a solution to what he'd come to call the Gawker Problem. When an unmarked envelope delivered an illegally recorded sex tape of Hogan with his best friend's wife, Gawker had seen the chance for millions of pageviews and to say the things that others were afraid to say. Thiel saw their publication of the tape as the opportunity he was looking for. He would come to pit Hogan against Gawker in a multi-year proxy war through the Florida legal system, while Gawker remained confidently convinced they would prevail as they had over so many other lawsuit--until it was too late. The verdict would stun the world and so would Peter's ultimate unmasking as the man who had set it all in motion. Why had he done this? How had no one discovered it? What would this mean--for the First Amendment? For privacy? For culture?In Holiday's masterful telling of this nearly unbelievable conspiracy, informed by interviews with all the key players, this case transcends the narrative of how one billionaire took down a media empire or the current state of the free press. It's a study in power, strategy, and one of the most wildly ambitious--and successful--secret plots in recent memory.Some will cheer Gawker's destruction and others will lament it, but after reading these pages--and seeing the access the author was given--no one will deny that there is something ruthless and brilliant about Peter Thiel's shocking attempt to shake up the world.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and wide-ranging critique of the Guardian's journalism and political valuesTrade Review'A lively and well-researched history and critique of Britain's best newspaper, exposing the ideological contradictions and editorial tensions which generally keep the 'Guardian' allied to a soft liberalism but shies away from radical or socialist answers to capitalism's recurring crises' -- Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the 'Guardian''Fascinating and timely' -- Angela McRobbie, Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London'A page turner - reveals the liberal establishment in all its ingloriousness, sprinkled with a few moments of integrity' -- Beverley Skeggs, Professor, Sociology, Lancaster University'Liberalism typically champions particular campaigns for social justice but distances itself from challenges to the state and economy that produces these injustices. At last a book which reveals this serious problem. A must read for all Guardian readers!' -- Hilary Wainwright, Founding Editor of 'Red Pepper' and author of 'A New Politics From the Left' (Polity Press, 2018)‘A forceful intervention’ -- ‘LSE Review of Books’Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Introduction: ‘Just the Establishment’? - Des Freedman 1. In the Wake of Peterloo? A Radical Account of the Founding of the Guardian - Des Freedman 2. The Political Economy of the Guardian - Aaron Ackerley 3. Reflections from an Editor-at-large - Gary Younge 4. Radical Moments at the Guardian - Victoria Brittain 5. The Guardian and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict - Ghada Karmi 6. The Guardian and Latin America: Pink Tides and Yellow Journalism - Alan MacLeod 7. The Origins of the Guardian Women’s Page - Hannah Hamad 8. Trans Exclusionary Radical Centrism: The Guardian, Neoliberal Feminism and the Corbyn Years - Mareile Pfannebecker and Jilly Boyce Kay 9. The Guardian and Surveillance - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis 10. Corruption in the Fourth Estate: How the Guardian Exposed Phone Hacking and Reneged on Reform of Press Regulation - Natalie Fenton 11. The Guardian and Corbynism and Antisemitism - Justin Schlosberg 12. Guardian Journalists and Twitter Circles - Tom Mills 13. The Guardian and the Economy - Mike Berry 14. The Guardian and Brexit - Mike Wayne 15. ‘I’m not “racist” but’: Liberalism, Populism and Euphemisation in the Guardian - Katy Brown, Aurelien Monden and Aaron Winter Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and wide-ranging critique of the Guardian's journalism and political valuesTrade Review'A lively and well-researched history and critique of Britain's best newspaper, exposing the ideological contradictions and editorial tensions which generally keep the 'Guardian' allied to a soft liberalism but shies away from radical or socialist answers to capitalism's recurring crises' -- Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the 'Guardian''Fascinating and timely' -- Angela McRobbie, Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London'A page turner - reveals the liberal establishment in all its ingloriousness, sprinkled with a few moments of integrity' -- Beverley Skeggs, Professor, Sociology, Lancaster University'Liberalism typically champions particular campaigns for social justice but distances itself from challenges to the state and economy that produces these injustices. At last a book which reveals this serious problem. A must read for all Guardian readers!' -- Hilary Wainwright, Founding Editor of 'Red Pepper' and author of 'A New Politics From the Left' (Polity Press, 2018)‘A forceful intervention’ -- ‘LSE Review of Books’Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Introduction: ‘Just the Establishment’? - Des Freedman 1. In the Wake of Peterloo? A Radical Account of the Founding of the Guardian - Des Freedman 2. The Political Economy of the Guardian - Aaron Ackerley 3. Reflections from an Editor-at-large - Gary Younge 4. Radical Moments at the Guardian - Victoria Brittain 5. The Guardian and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict - Ghada Karmi 6. The Guardian and Latin America: Pink Tides and Yellow Journalism - Alan MacLeod 7. The Origins of the Guardian Women’s Page - Hannah Hamad 8. Trans Exclusionary Radical Centrism: The Guardian, Neoliberal Feminism and the Corbyn Years - Mareile Pfannebecker and Jilly Boyce Kay 9. The Guardian and Surveillance - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis 10. Corruption in the Fourth Estate: How the Guardian Exposed Phone Hacking and Reneged on Reform of Press Regulation - Natalie Fenton 11. The Guardian and Corbynism and Antisemitism - Justin Schlosberg 12. Guardian Journalists and Twitter Circles - Tom Mills 13. The Guardian and the Economy - Mike Berry 14. The Guardian and Brexit - Mike Wayne 15. ‘I’m not “racist” but’: Liberalism, Populism and Euphemisation in the Guardian - Katy Brown, Aurelien Monden and Aaron Winter Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which the 'Left Behind' have been used to symbolise and foment social divisions in contemporary BritainTrade Review'Engaging […] tackles the stereotyping of so-called 'left behind' communities by journalistic and political opinion-formers, questioning how the most disadvantaged have been framed (or blamed) for delivering Brexit’ -- Dominic Wring, Professor of Political Communication at Loughborough University'A sophisticated interrogation of how the 'left behind' are mythologised, problematised and weaponised by those whose insights rarely stretch beyond regional condescension and recycled tropes. Morrison deftly unpicks the left-behind imaginary and the culture wars, fantasies and resentments it feeds into - and sketches a powerful map for how to generate a more expansive, solidaristic imaginary' -- Dr. Tracey Jensen, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsList of tables About the author Acknowledgements Introduction: Inventing and appropriating ‘the left behind’ 1. Working class, ‘underclass’ and collapsing-class identity: The roots of the left behind 2. Politics, the press and the construction of the post-Brexit left behind 3. How to solve a problem like the left behind: Condescension or contempt? 4. Fear and loathing on social media: Trolling and championing the left behind 5. Speaking up for the left behind: The voices of disadvantaged Britain Conclusion: Towards a manifesto for ‘unite and rule’ Appendix: Research methodologies References Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which the 'Left Behind' have been used to symbolise and foment social divisions in contemporary BritainTrade Review'Engaging […] tackles the stereotyping of so-called 'left behind' communities by journalistic and political opinion-formers, questioning how the most disadvantaged have been framed (or blamed) for delivering Brexit’ -- Dominic Wring, Professor of Political Communication at Loughborough University'A sophisticated interrogation of how the 'left behind' are mythologised, problematised and weaponised by those whose insights rarely stretch beyond regional condescension and recycled tropes. Morrison deftly unpicks the left-behind imaginary and the culture wars, fantasies and resentments it feeds into - and sketches a powerful map for how to generate a more expansive, solidaristic imaginary' -- Dr. Tracey Jensen, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsList of tables About the author Acknowledgements Introduction: Inventing and appropriating ‘the left behind’ 1. Working class, ‘underclass’ and collapsing-class identity: The roots of the left behind 2. Politics, the press and the construction of the post-Brexit left behind 3. How to solve a problem like the left behind: Condescension or contempt? 4. Fear and loathing on social media: Trolling and championing the left behind 5. Speaking up for the left behind: The voices of disadvantaged Britain Conclusion: Towards a manifesto for ‘unite and rule’ Appendix: Research methodologies References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the context of profound transformations in the professional, business, technological and social context of journalism, it is crucial for journalism studies and education to move beyond limited approaches to the discipline. Among the most significant changes affecting journalism worldwide is the emergence of startup culture, as more and more journalists strike out on their own. In Beyond Journalism, Deuze and Witschge combine extensive global and comparative fieldwork. Through rich case studies of journalism startups around the world, they provide deep insight into the promises and pitfalls of media entrepreneurship. Ultimately, they aim to recognize new and emerging voices as legitimate participants in the discourse about what journalism is, can be and should be. A bold manifesto as well as an in-depth empirical study, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of journalism, media, communication, and related disciplines.Trade Review“In this insightful and engaging exploration of journalism startups and the people behind them, Deuze and Witschge break from narrow disciplinary boundaries in much the same way their subjects have broken from occupational ones. A must-read for anyone interested in the many forms contemporary journalism is taking, and the ‘rascals and rebels’ leading the way.”Jane Singer, City, University of London “To go beyond journalism, these scholars contest tacit assumptions about journalism and journalism studies, arguing that journalism has never been stable but is always becoming. Enter, then, this research on journalism startups, exemplary of how journalism as becoming is both praxis and ideology.”Nikki Usher, University of Illinois “In Beyond Journalism, Deuze and Witschge have seized upon the exciting energy felt among journalists who are working beyond the confines of traditional newsrooms.”Hyperallergic“Students, scholars, and professionals interested in journalism and entrepreneurship may find this book of interest.”Communication Booknotes QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrologue: The Beyond Journalism Project Introduction: What is Journalism (Studies)? 1 The Becoming of Journalism 2 Setting the Scene: Startups 3 Stories from the Heart 4 Making it Work 5 Stories that Matter Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the context of profound transformations in the professional, business, technological and social context of journalism, it is crucial for journalism studies and education to move beyond limited approaches to the discipline. Among the most significant changes affecting journalism worldwide is the emergence of startup culture, as more and more journalists strike out on their own. In Beyond Journalism, Deuze and Witschge combine extensive global and comparative fieldwork. Through rich case studies of journalism startups around the world, they provide deep insight into the promises and pitfalls of media entrepreneurship. Ultimately, they aim to recognize new and emerging voices as legitimate participants in the discourse about what journalism is, can be and should be. A bold manifesto as well as an in-depth empirical study, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of journalism, media, communication, and related disciplines.Trade Review“In this insightful and engaging exploration of journalism startups and the people behind them, Deuze and Witschge break from narrow disciplinary boundaries in much the same way their subjects have broken from occupational ones. A must-read for anyone interested in the many forms contemporary journalism is taking, and the ‘rascals and rebels’ leading the way.”Jane Singer, City, University of London “To go beyond journalism, these scholars contest tacit assumptions about journalism and journalism studies, arguing that journalism has never been stable but is always becoming. Enter, then, this research on journalism startups, exemplary of how journalism as becoming is both praxis and ideology.”Nikki Usher, University of Illinois “In Beyond Journalism, Deuze and Witschge have seized upon the exciting energy felt among journalists who are working beyond the confines of traditional newsrooms.”Hyperallergic“Students, scholars, and professionals interested in journalism and entrepreneurship may find this book of interest.”Communication Booknotes Quarterly Table of ContentsPrologue: The Beyond Journalism Project Introduction: What is Journalism (Studies)? 1 The Becoming of Journalism 2 Setting the Scene: Startups 3 Stories from the Heart 4 Making it Work 5 Stories that Matter Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisSuad Joseph is Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at the University of California, Davis, USA. She founded the Association for Middle East Women's Studies and co-founded its internationally recognized Journal of Middle East Women's Studies; she also founded the Arab Families Research Group, and co-founded the Arab American Studies Association and the Association for Middle East Anthropology.Trade ReviewA comprehensive multi-faceted study that should serve as a reminder for reporters covering Islam to pause and reflect on the power of words to marginalize, trivialize, and mislead. * Lawrence Pintak, PhD. Former CBS News Middle East correspondent and author, America and Islam *This book is an invaluable resource, highlighting the gendered violence and Islamophobic misrepresentations that Muslim women experience around the globe driven, in part, by the flawed reporting that is prevalent in newspapers of record, such as the New York Times. A must read for anyone interested in understanding how media can shape perceptions of women and Islam. * Shaheen Pasha, Pennsylvania State University, USA *In careful, dismaying detail, this must-read thoroughly researched essay collection shows how our most trusted media sources promote Islamophobia. Reporting Islam is a sobering reminder of how Islamophobia is not the result of ignorance, but of routinized, persistent misrepresentation by our most revered institutions. * Evelyn Alsultany, USC Dornsife, USA *By analyzing anti-Muslim racism within the contexts of colonialism, global capitalism, and race/class/gender politics, Reporting Islam helps readers understand the historical and political conditions through which it emerges. It also updates existing perspectives on how media representations fuel some of the most urgent forms of injustice of our times while providing readers with tools for imagining and building a world without Islamophobia and racism. Its urgent interventions make it a must read for the general public and scholars across many fields--from Arab American and Muslim American Studies to Race and Ethnic Studies, Middle East Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Media Studies, and beyond. * Nadine Naber, University of Illinois , Chicago, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis, USA 1. Maturing Islam: Turkey as the Site of Islamic Liberalization in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Caroline McKusick, University of California, Davis, USA 2. The Material life of Representation: “Veiled Muslim Women” in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Lena Meari, Birzeit University, Palestine 3. Specters of Islam: Anti-Islamist (Re)Presentations in Secular Media and Feminism in the New York Times, 1979–2011, Tanzeen Rashed Doha, University of California, Davis, USA 4. Friends and Foes: The Pragmatic Liberal Biases in Representation of Saudi Women vs. Iranian Women in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Hakeem Naim, University of California, Berkeley, USA 5. The Islamic World Is Flat(tened): Contesting Islam in South Asia in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Rajbir Judge, California State University, USA

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Book SynopsisThis is the story of the rise and eventual disappearance of approximately thirty German weekly newspapers during a period of slightly more than eighty years. It describes the successes and difficulties encountered in maintaining a newspaper press directed at a minority group which was being slowly absorbed into the English-dominated pattern of Ontario. The First World War brought the German newspaper press to an abrupt end by government decree and although this prohibition lifted later, the German press in Ontario never completely recovered. It has remained, however, a fascinating tale out of Ontario's early history.

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Book SynopsisThe defeat of George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was big news in 1876. James Mueller draws on exhaustive research of period newspapers to explore press coverage of the famous battle to offer a unique take on the dramatic events that so shook the American public.Trade ReviewBack when newspapers were the primary source of information, opinion, and entertainment in America, when even small towns had competing papers with divergent political and religious affiliations, the public formed its views on current events mostly from what appeared in the press. Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud is a rich, readable study of the newspaper response in 1876 to Custer's disastrous defeat at the Little Bighorn - - a response that proved instrumental in creating the enduring fascination with Custer's Last Stand."" - Brian W. Dippie, author of Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth""The journalists who covered the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the immediate aftermath of Custer's defeat set the framework for all subsequent discussions and debates about Custer's Last Stand, a framework that continues to reverberate in modern journalism, the academic world, and popular culture today. James Mueller here provides a most thorough review of that early coverage. His study underscores how Custer's critics and fans alike remain so indebted to the first generation of reporters and editors to comment on those stunning events."" - Sandy Barnard, coauthor of Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the pedagogical contributions of three newspaperwomen to show how the field became a dynamic site of public participation, relationship building, education, and activism in the 1880s and 1890s.Trade Review“Bringing together a group of diverse women journalists, Grace Wetzel curates an engaging narrative of community-building, activist journalism that, importantly, pulls these rhetorical figures out of historical record and situates them within a longer legacy of public memory."—Alicia Brazeau, author,Circulating Literacy: Writing Instruction in American Periodicals, 1880-1910"This extraordinary book is not only an engaging work of recovery, but an insightful combination of feminist historiography and public memory that establishes the significance of these women to the field and considers the politics of race and gender in the ways they have been remembered."—Shevaun E. Watson, editor of Public Memory, Race, and Heritage Tourism of Early America"Wetzel documents a critical early period of women journalists' influence on American newspaper and media, masterfully weaving rhetorical and pedagogical analysis with the contributions of three trend-setting newspaperwomen and tracing how they used their platform to educate and encourage social action and change. This book serves as an excellent model on how to write and interpret history based on primary text documents."—Cristina D. RamÍrez, author of Occupying Our Space: The Mestiza Rhetorics of Mexican Women Journalists and Activists, 1875-1942Table of Contents Foreword by Shari Stenberg Preface Acknowledgements Newspaper Abbreviations Introduction 1.Winifred Black’s “Little Jim” Campaign: Children’s Extracurricular Writing for Social Action 2.Gertrude Bustill Mossell’s “Helpful Sisterhood”:Racial Uplift, Raising Girls, and Reader-Centered Pedagogy 3. Susette La Flesche’s Relational Journalism and Literacy Teaching: Collaborative Practices of Survivance Conclusion—Public Memory and the Pan-Extracurriculum Works Cited

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Book SynopsisThe first thoroughly interdisciplinary study to examine how the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Britain helped shape the conflicts between North and South in the decade before the American Civil War, Twice-Divided Nation addresses that influence primarily as a problem of national memory.

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Book SynopsisDesigned to engage, inspire, and challenge students while laying out the fundamentals of the craft, this textbook introduces readers to the core values of journalism and its singular role in a democracy.From the First Amendment to Facebook, this popular textbook now in its third edition provides a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles of journalism and what makes it unique. Authors Stephanie Craft and Charles Davis cover the profession''s ethical and legal foundations, its historical and modern precepts, the economic landscape of journalism, the relationships among journalism and other social institutions, and the key issues and challenges that contemporary journalists face. They also discuss the current ambiguities and transitions economic and technological occurring in the field, from nonprofit news sites to social media's effects on journalism. Filled with relevant case studies, exercises, and discussion questions that encourage critical thinking aTrade ReviewPraise for the previous edition:"This revised edition of Principles of American Journalism examines journalism’s past, present, and future to underscore the essential functions that journalism fulfills in a democracy. The book’s conversational tone is allied to ample testimonies from journalists in the field, making it an accessible and engaging text for journalism students." –Ryan Thomas, Missouri School of Journalism "Craft and Davis adeptly articulate the importance of journalism in society through its history, impact, successes and challenges, particularly in the significant changes revolutionizing the field today. No other book boils this down as succinctly and clearly. Their book should be required reading for anyone considering a career in journalism.New sections illuminate the rapidly changing media landscape, including industry changes in ownership, an update to the Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics, and the effects of social media on news. Nobody else covers so much material in such a clear, concise way, bolstered by professionals’ real stories and practical assignments for learning the craft." – David Cuillier, University of ArizonaTable of Contents1. The Mirror, the Watchdog, and the Marketplace 2. What is Journalism? 3. Making Journalism: New Ways Honor Timeless Values 4. The Independent Journalist 5. From Disruption, New Models Emerge 6. What do Journalists Owe Us? 7. The Foundations of Free Expression 8. Conclusion: The Power of the Free Press

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Book SynopsisSince 1924 Ohio University’s E. W. Scripps School of Journalism has been among the most important programs of its kind. This book features the recollections of alumni, faculty, friends, and students in celebration of the school’s centennial.

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Book SynopsisQuestions the dominant notion that reporters entering the field in the late nineteenth century relied on an informal apprenticeship system to learn the rules of journalism. Drawing from the experiences of more than fifty reporters, Randall Sumpter argues that cub reporters could and did access multiple sources of instruction.Trade ReviewSumpter introduces the notion that the day's news work rules were spread through communities of practice, that is, informal interpersonal networks involving ‘knowledge brokers,' as well as through news fiction, newswriters' autobiographies, and trade and general interest publications. The author's early point about how studying this topic can offer insight into today's technology-driven upsetting of the boundaries of journalism underscores why this study is important."" - Patricia Dooley, Wichita State University; author of Taking Their Political Place: Journalists and the Making of an Occupation and The Technology of Journalism: Cultural Agents, Cultural Icons

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the expansion of narrative journalism in the American newspaper industry in the last quarter of the twentieth century. In doing so, the book offers the first institutionally situated history of narrative journalism's evolution from the New Journalism of the 1960s to long-form literary journalism in the 1990s.Trade Review“Offers a detailed, rich, and fascinating account of the narrative journalism movement from the Washington Post to the St. Petersburg Times to the Oregonian and beyond. No one else has done this and Thomas Schmidt has done it with deep research and strong writing himself.”—Michael Schudson, Columbia University, author of The Sociology of News and Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers "Thanks to Thomas Schmidt, scholars will now have a substantive, institutional sense of how, starting in the 1970s, newspaper editors, reporters, and trade leaders—and soon, in-house writing coaches—developed a community of practice around the turn to long-form storytelling. Grounded in fresh archival research, sifting through often-overlooked trade commentary, and incorporating over two dozen interviews with key players, Schmidt's deftly nuanced "cultural-institutional" approach complements and challenges stand-alone histories of the "New Journalism," as well as studies that either overlook the storytelling turn or would reduce it to economic factors. Rewriting the Newspaper is itself a book with a very important story to tell, and one that is still with us."—Christopher P. Wilson, Boston College, author of Reading Narrative Journalism: An Introduction for Students "In Rewriting the Newspaper, author Thomas Schmidt gets it right. This is the story of a generation of creative reporters, editors, and teachers, journalists who understood that while reports were central to their craft, they were incapable of fully communicating the truths behind the facts."—Roy Peter Clark, Poynter Institute for Media Studies, author of Writing Tools

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Book SynopsisTaking a thematic approach, this new companion provides an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and international study of American literary journalism.From the work of Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman to that of Joan Didion and Dorothy Parker, literary journalism is a genre that both reveals and shapes American history and identity. This volume not only calls attention to literary journalism as a distinctive genre but also provides a critical foundation for future scholarship. It brings together cutting-edge research from literary journalism scholars, examining historical perspectives; themes, venues, and genres across time; theoretical approaches and disciplinary intersections; and new directions for scholarly inquiry.Provoking reconsideration and inquiry, while providing new historical interpretations, this companion recognizes, interacts with, and honors the tradition and legacies of American literary journalism scholarship. Engaging the work of disciplineTrade Review"This stimulating compendium of thoughtful discussions of American literary journalism from its colonial beginnings to the contemporary digital moment will be the go-to volume on the subject for a long time. Richly inclusive—and filled with surprising juxtapositions, fresh insights, and unexpected excursions into the past and present—the Routledge Companion to American Literary Journalism is a pleasure to read."Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities; Professor of English, and Director of American Studies, Stanford University, and author of From Fact to Fiction: Journalism and Imaginative Writing in America."Roberta Maguire and William Dow’s Routledge Companion to American Literary Journalism clearly illuminates virtually every aspect of the discipline, and the volume will serve as a foundational text for scholars and students of the field for many years to come. Notably, its masterful structure—insightful scholarly essays addressing historical, then thematic, theoretical and future-study issues—is truly a tour de force."David Abrahamson, Professor of Journalism, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University, The Medill School."This may be the most complete volume on literary journalism yet. Three dozen of the best thinkers on the topic write about its history, relationship to "real life," and the New Journalism, including the late John Pauly on the New Yorker magazine. Just as importantly, these scholars take new approaches, examine different writers, and create new critical directions for future study."Norman Sims, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and author of True Stories: A Century of Literary Journalism.

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Book SynopsisJournalists and Job Loss explores the profound disruption of journalism work in the 21st century's networked digital media environment. The chapters analyse how journalists have experienced and navigated job loss, re-employment, career change and career re-invention as traditional patterns of newsroom employment give way to occupational change, income insecurity and precarious work in journalism globally. The authors showcase the design, methodology and results of the New Beats project, a ground-breaking longitudinal study of change in the work of Australian journalists, as well as related case studies of job loss and career change in journalism based on research in different national settings across the global North and global South. The book also considers the wider implications of changes in journalism work for media sustainability, gender equity, and journalism work futures. The book provides a theoretically informed and empirically grounded analysis of joTrade ReviewJournalism is unthinkable without journalists. But in the 2010s and early 2020s, the storytellers became the story as the digital revolution – and then the Covid pandemic – ravaged their industry. With perfect timing, this book helps us make sense of what those changes mean for democracy, communication and public life. It tells us about the personal impact of job loss and adaptation, puts the phenomenon of journalism job loss in an international perspective, and points the way to a better understanding of journalism in the present and the future.Professor Sally Young, University of Melbourne, AustraliaThis vital book on the experience of job loss and its aftermath in journalism is among the first to explore comprehensively a phenomenon understudied by journalism scholars and feared by news workers whose livelihoods depend on news organisations’ paycheques. As the pandemic further diminishes employment and increases precarity in journalism, the insights this edited collection provides into these often-traumatic transformations and the subsequent struggles for new careers and professional re-orientation become even more urgent. Especially compelling are those chapters that show how job loss experiences of (ex)journalists intersect with or are shaped by gender, class, race, geographic location, news industry sustainability or options for collective organization.Mirjam Gollmitzer, Université de Montréal, CanadaJournalism is undergoing massive transformations around the world, including unprecedented job losses and growing precarity. Yet, we know little about the experiences of those who have been forced to leave the industry after often long and successful careers. Journalists and Job Loss fills this important gap, giving us a detailed and comparative account of what losing their job has meant to these journalists. It is truly a landmark study that should be required reading for anyone trying to better understand current developments in journalism globally.Folker Hanusch, University of Vienna, AustriaTraditionally the term ‘precarity’ refers to a state of persistent insecurity in respect of employment and income. Today the term also often registers the precariousness of life in our world of accelerating and mutually compounding ecological and economic crises. Journalists and Job Loss with its multi-faceted and in-depth focus on the structural and professional transformations of journalism in an era of digital and industrial change, serves to remind us of the consequences of increased journalist precarity on journalism and the reporting of our increasingly precarious world. Timely, necessary, insightful.Simon Cottle, Professor of Media and Communication, Cardiff University, UKTable of ContentsList of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Understanding Job Loss Among Journalists; 1. Understanding Job Loss Among Journalists; Part I. A New Field of Study: What Happens Next After Job Loss in Journalism; 2. Australian Journalists: Adapting to Redundancy Over Time; 3. Passion and Precarity: Producing Public Interest Journalism After Job Loss; 4. Newly Branded: The Experiences of Post-Redundancy Journalists Who Go on to Work in Public Relations; 5. Understanding Loss in Legacy Newsrooms; 6. Job Loss and Unionism in Australian Journalism; Part II. Towards World-Wide Understanding: Case Studies of the Aftermath of Job Loss in the Global North and South; 7. Living on the Edge: U.S. Newspaper Journalism Following the Great Exodus; 8. Finland: Shock and Relief; 9. The Netherlands: Making it Work; 10. Not ‘Just Another Job’: Journalism as Public Service; 11. Indonesian Women Journalists and Precarious Work; 12. Traumatic Transitions and Loss: How Journalists in South Africa Experience Job Loss; 13. Plan B: The Abandonment of Journalism in Portugal; Part III. Beyond Newsrooms: Job Loss, Media Sustainability, and Work Futures; 14. Down, But Not Out: Journalism Jobs and Media Sustainability in the UK; 15. The Job is Only Part of the Story: Understanding Job Loss in Journalism Through Livelihood; 16. Freelance Journalists in Australia at a Time of Industry Contraction and COVID-19

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Book SynopsisExploring the history of missionary translation of Christian texts in East Asia, Missionary Translators offers a comparative perspective between the features of East Asian languages and the historical context of the translation. Focusing on the Bible and Christian theological works, it looks at the intersection of linguistics, translation studies and history. This book discusses the real-life challenges faced by missionary translators in producing Christian texts in East Asian languages. Students, historians, scholars and those interested in the study of East Asian cultures or translation will find this book to be an insightful and invaluable resource.Table of ContentsContents Preface by M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J.AcknowledgementChapter 1. Language learning and negotiation: the experience of Jesuit translators in late imperial China - Giulia FalatoChapter 2. Jesuit translation practices in sixteenth-century Japan, Sanctos no gosagueo no uchi nuqigaqi and Luis de Granada - Pia Jolliffe and Alessandro BianchiChapter 3. The Making of the Korean Bible: A Case Study of James S. Gale’s New Testament and Genesis Translations - Jieun Kiaer and Kyungmin Yu Chapter 4. A Translation Designed to Guide: Campbell N. Moody’s Pe̍h-ōe-jī or Romanized Minnan Taiwanese New Vernacular Translation of and Commentary on Romans I-VIII (1908) - Kazue MinoIndex

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Book SynopsisNow in its 12th edition, this core text is the most comprehensive and widely used textbook on editing in journalism. Thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate more online and multimedia formats, this hands-on guide offers a detailed overview of the full process of journalistic editing, exploring both the micro aspects of the craft, such as style, spelling and grammar, and macro aspects, including ethics and legality. Recognizing the pronounced global shift toward online multimedia, the authors continue to stress the importance of taking the best techniques learned in print and broadcast editing and applying them to online journalism. This new edition also includes an in-depth discussion of the role editors and journalists can play in recapturing the public''s trust in the news media. Additional chapters examine how to edit for maximum visual impact and how to edit across media platforms, teaching students how to create a polished product that is grounded in the best practices of journalism.The Art of Editing, 12th edition, remains an essential resource for students of journalism across all media and levels interested in editing, design and media writing, as well as for professionals seeking to refine and refresh their skill set. Accompanying online features include instructor PowerPoints and student exercises. Table of ContentsPreface The Evolution of Editing [Brooks] Journalism’s Credibility Problem [Brooks] The Editing Process [Brooks] Macro Editing for the Big Picture [Pinson] Macro Editing for Legality, Ethics and Propriety [Pinson] Micro Editing for Grammar and Usage [Pinson] Micro Editing for Style, Spelling and Tightening [Pinson] Holistic Editing: Integrating the Macro and Micro [Pinson] Edit Yourself [Brooks] Writing Headlines, Titles, Captions and Blurbs [Brooks] Using Photos, Graphics and Type [Brooks] GlossaryIndex

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