Navigating the News
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Navigating the News

A Guide to Understanding Journalism

  1. 258 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Navigating the News

A Guide to Understanding Journalism

About this book

In an age when young people may confuse online chatter with legitimate news, Navigating the News is the first textbook designed to show students how to recognize credible reporting and how real journalists perform their jobs.

The book begins with the basics of how to critically assess news stories, then covers what to look for in everything from community news and crime reporting to business, political and investigative coverage. More than 50 professional journalists share insights on how they gather, edit and report news, and discuss what critical audiences should expect from their news coverage.

Students learn how to analyze complex topics including science, environmental and education news, and a series of chapters covers how to approach news from different parts of the world.

Navigating the News is aimed at general audiences, not just journalism or communication majors. Given the importance and timeliness of the subject, this book could easily be the core text for general education classes on news and media literacy. The trend toward teaching young people how to understand and assess news is gaining momentum at universities everywhere.

The book is written in a clear, straightforward style to engage students who may be getting their first taste of adult issues and concerns. Even students who have avoided "serious" news growing up will gain tools for understanding, assessing and processing coverage of complex stories.

The mission of this text is simple: If students don't recognize what real news is, Navigating the News is going to teach them.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. Featured Profiles
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  7. Chapter One: How Professional News Is Created (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  8. Chapter Two: Basic Concepts for Assessing News Content (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  9. Chapter Three: Community News (Tamara J. Welter and Michael A. Longinow (Biola University))
  10. Chapter Four: Crime Reporting (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  11. Chapter Five: Education Reporting (ED Madison (University of Oregon))
  12. Chapter Six: Business and Economics (Dona Nichols (San Jose State University))
  13. Chapter Seven: Government and Politics (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  14. Chapter Eight: Sports (John Shrader (University of Nebraska-Lincoln))
  15. Chapter Nine: Entertainment (Scott Fosdick (San Jose State University))
  16. Chapter Ten: Environmental Journalism (Frank Michael Russell (California State University, Fullerton))
  17. Chapter Eleven: Science News (Mollie Bbloudoff-Indelicato (Freelance Journalist))
  18. Chapter Twelve: Investigative Reporting (Julie Patel Liss (California State University, Los Angeles))
  19. Chapter Thirteen: News from Europe (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  20. Chapter Fourteen: News from the Middle East (Ttamara J. Welter and Michael A. Longinow (Biola University))
  21. Chapter Fifteen: News from Latin America (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  22. Chapter Sixteen: News from Asia (Nisha Garud-Patkar (San Jose State University))
  23. Chapter Seventeen: News from Africa (Brenda Bbukowa (University of Zambia))
  24. Chapter Eighteen: Applying News Assessment Skills (Richard Craig (San Jose State University))
  25. About the Authors
  26. Index