We both love and hate our journalists. They are perceived as sexy and glamorous on the one hand, despicable and sleazy on the other. Opinion polls regularly indicate that we experience a kind of cultural schizophrenia in our relationship to journalists and the news media: someti…
"What is the future of the foreign correspondent -- is there one? Tracing the historical development of international reporting, Kevin Williams examines the organizational structures, occupational culture, and information environment in which it is practiced to explore the argum…
Birth of an insurgency -- The battle for Aleppo -- Rojava : the Kurds alone -- The siege of Kobani, interviewing ISIS -- Black summer, 2014 -- A YPG volunteer -- Uncovering ISIS's use of chemical weapons -- With the Shia militias in Iraq -- The ghosts of Shorja market -- Wastela…
"In this crackling memoir, the journalist and novelist Michael Idov recounts the tempestuous years he spent living alongside--and closely observing--the media and cultural elite of Putin's Russia. After accepting a surprise offer to become the editor in chief of GQ Russia, Idov …
"In this crackling memoir, the journalist and novelist Michael Idov recounts the tempestuous years he spent living alongside--and closely observing--the media and cultural elite of Putin's Russia. After accepting a surprise offer to become the editor in chief of GQ Russia, Idov …
This book studies the role of tabloid newspapers in exposing corruption and embezzlement in Africa. It makes a, timeless, original contribution to the field by examining tabloid journalism practices and anti-corruption forces that have not yet been introduced to Afrocentric jour…
A much needed digest of magazine journalism that analyses the origins of this global format with a view to understanding the future directions of the magazine model. It takes an economic and policy focused stance to provide a comprehensive analysis of not just the magazine, but …
A much needed digest of magazine journalism that analyses the origins of this global format with a view to understanding the future directions of the magazine model. It takes an economic and policy focused stance to provide a comprehensive analysis of not just the magazine, but …
This work brings together the essential writings that every student of journalism should know. It presents 40 of the most important works about journalism arranged thematically to enable students to think deeply and broadly about journalism - its social impact, its history, key …
Es sind mehr islamistische Terroristen in Deutschland als wir ahnen! In seinem Buch spricht Masoud Aqil, selbst Flüchtling und Opfer des IS, von der Gefahr islamistischer Schläfer und warum er alles dafür tut, das Land zu schützen, das ihm Asyl gewährt hat.
Foreword: the thinking journalist -- The lure of journalism -- The priesthood of journalists -- The journalist's view of the world -- Journalists, theory, and ethics -- The journalist as an ideologue -- The journalist and faith -- The journalist as celebrity -- Questions vexing …
Overview: Written by veteran journalist and noted professor Jim Willis, with an epilogue by Marilyn Thomsen, this book introduces journalistic decision-making into the classroom, alongside discussion of reporting and writing techniques. Students peer inside the minds of a cross-…
