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The News Interviewby Steven Clayman; John Heritage; Paul Drew
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 46.00This much-needed work examines the place of the news interview in Anglo-American society as well as its historical development. Through analyses of well-known interviews, the book explores the relationship between journalists and public figures, and reveals the tensions beneath the surface of the nightly news. more...
Broadcast Journalismby Andrew Boyd
Elsevier 2000; US$ 62.95This new edition of Broadcast Journalism is a major revision to the premier textbook in its field and a standard primer for broadcasting courses. It is an up-to-date practical manual for would-be reporters eager to enter the hectic arenas of radio and TV news. Broadcast Journalism offers a vivid insight into the world of electronic reporting, taking you behind the scenes at ITN and the BBC World Service. Join camera crews on a stakeout at the High Court, and capture the atmosphere in the studios of the world's largest news organisation. All the essential skills are covered, with step-by-step instruction in reporting, recording and editing using the latest equipment. Coverage for radio and TV includes: - Newswriting - Newsgathering - Newsreading... more...
The Race Beatby Gene Roberts; Hank Klibanoff
Knopf Publishing Group 2008; US$ 13.99An unprecedented examination of how news stories, editorials and photographs in the American press—and the journalists responsible for them—profoundly changed the nation’s thinking about civil rights in the South during the 1950s and ‘60s. Roberts and Klibanoff draw on private correspondence, notes from secret meetings, unpublished articles, and interviews to show how a dedicated cadre of newsmen—black and white—revealed to a nation its most shameful shortcomings that compelled its citizens to act. Meticulously researched and vividly rendered, The Race Beat is an extraordinary account of one of the most calamitous periods in our nation’s history, as told by those who covered it. From the Trade... more...
Interviewing for Radioby Jim Beaman
Routledge 2000; US$ 30.95Interviewing for Radio critically analyses previously broadcast interviews and together with advice from radio professionals explains the preparation, organisation and communication required to produce a successful radio broadcast. more...
Power Without Responsibilityby James Curran; Jean Seaton
Routledge 1997; US$ 35.95This book is a classic and authoritative introduction to the history, sociolgy, theory and politics of students and teachers of media and communication studies. more...
News, Gender and Powerby Cynthia Carter; Gill Branston; Stuart Allan
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95Addresses the pressing questions of how gender shapes the forms, practice, institutions and audiences of journalism, and explores the multiple interconnections between news, gender and power. more...
International Radio Journalismby Tim Crook
Routledge 1997; US$ 45.95International Radio Journalism is both a theoretical textbook and a practical guide for students of radio journalism, reporters, editors and producers. The book explores the way radio has covered the most important stories this century. more...
Researching for Television and Radioby Adele Emm
Routledge 2001; US$ 30.95Researching for Television and Radio is an essential guide to the skills necessary for working as a researcher in the television and radio industries. more...
Reporting for Journalistsby Chris Frost
Routledge 2001; US$ 29.95Reporting for Journalists examines the work of the news reporter from the process of finding a story, tracing sources to support it, interviewing contacts and gathering information and then filing the finished report. more...
The Murdoch Missionby Wendy Goldman Rohm
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 50.00A dramatic narrative by a top journalist about the transformation of one of the world's greatest media empires. The Murdoch Mission gets inside Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and documents the media mogul's strategic forays in digital media and broadcasting and new Internet-based businesses. Among other giant highlights is the creation of his new $40 billion company, the mammoth Sky Global Networks. Wendy Rohm provides an up-close look at how Murdoch's youngest son, James Murdoch, is changing his father's fortune in the megamarket of China and other world markets. She shows the impact these forays will have on international trade and the media world at large. Based on her personal time with James in Hong Kong and Beijing, interviews with Rupert... more...