Understanding journalism

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Title:

Author:

Burns, Lynette Sheridan.

ISBN:

9780761970255

9780761970262

Personal Author:

Burns, Lynette Sheridan.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

x, 186 pages ; 25 cm

Contents:

From Knowing How to be Being Able -- Journalism in Action -- Journalism as Decision Making -- Journalism in Action -- Finding News -- Choosing News -- Gathering News -- Evaluating News Sources -- Constructing News -- Editing News -- Working with Words.

Subject Term:

Journalism.

Reporters and reporting.

Journalisme.

Journalism. (OCoLC)fst00984032

Reporters and reporting. (OCoLC)fst01094906

Journalistiek.

Journalisme -- Art d'écrire.

Reportage.

Journalismus.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2002283419-t.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2002283419-d.html

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Summary

Understanding Journalism provides an indispensable guide through the processes and decisions required to produce quality journalism.

Starting from `What is news?′ and moving on to consider decisions about public interest, accuracy and reliability of sources, and ethics, this book provides a model for practice centering on developing skills in critical self-reflection. It will help answer the question of `Where to begin?′ - examining the processes used by journalists to define, identify, evaluate and create journalism.

Understanding Journalism offers a guide to:

Finding news - exploring the nature of news and the factors influencing news judgement

Choosing news - considering the power journalists exercise in selecting the issues that become news and examining the ethical implications of these decisions

Gathering news - focusing on primary research - specifically interviews

Constructing news - explores the processes used in deciding what to omit and what to include in the news depending on a targeted audience

Working With Words - explores the role of editing in journalism and how it affects media messages

Understanding Journalism will be essential reading for all students of journalism.