Title:
International news reporting : frontlines and deadlines
Author:
Owen, John, 1942-
ISBN:
9781405160384
9781405160391
Publication Information:
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Physical Description:
xvi, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Bearing witness / Janine di Giovanni -- The future of news services and international reporting / David Schlesinger -- Technology, timeliness and taste : the battlefronts for the twenty-first century news agency / Nigel Baker -- Freelance journalism / Vaughan Smith -- Letter to a young photographer / Gary Knight -- Diplomacy and journalism / Bridget Kendall -- Non-stop deadlines : 24-hour news / Nick Pollard -- World perspectives : ignoring the world at our peril / Tony Burman -- Local heroes / Anthony Borden -- Taking the right risk / Chris Cramer -- Emotions, trauma and good journalism / Mark Brayne -- Citizen journalism / Richard Sambrook -- Working at the coalface of new media / Ben Hammersley -- Reporting humanitarian crises / Peter Apps.
Abstract:
"This book is an essential read for all aspiring journalists, media studies students, and those interested in the power and influence of international media working in a dangerous world." "This unique collection features chapters on everything from war zone reporting and covering major humanitarian disasters to the uses and abuses of citizen journalism. John Owen and Heather Purdey, along with some of the world's most influential journalists, give students and young reporters what they need to know in order to work safely in, and understand fully, the field of international newsgathering and the ethical dilemmas facing international news journalists today."--BOOK JACKET.