Journalism is one of the most important professions today. Without it, large swaths of the world similarly might have remained "dark, impoverished, tortured, " because few people would have been aware of the nature and depth of the atrocities therein. You can't fix what you can't find. Indeed, we have only to look at places today where journalists must risk their lives to do their jobs-places such as Central Europe, the Philippines, Mexico, Myanmar, Russia, Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Cameroun, Afghanistan, and too many others-to appreciate anew what an incalculable difference the media make, reporting on wars, famines, genocide, and the tyrants who green-light them. But saving the world apparently is not enough. I have included a chapter on Peace Journalism because it uses conflict analysis and transformation to update the concept of balance, fairness and accuracy in reporting. This approach provides a new road map tracing the connections between journalists, their sources, the stories they cover and the consequences of their reporting-the ethics of journalistic intervention to play a role in global peace rather than fuelling conflicts.
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Mentan: Understanding Contemporary Journalism
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction - Substance of the Communication Process
- Chapter 1 - News and Society
- Chapter 2 - Culture of Journalism
- Chapter 3 - Becoming a Journalist
- Chapter 4 - Newspapers
- Chapter 5 - Magazines
- Chapter 6 - Television and Radio
- Chapter 7 - News Web Sites
- Chapter 8 - Reporters
- Chapter 9 - Reporting
- Chapter 10 - Writing News and Features
- Chapter 11 - Style
- Chapter 12 - Editors
- Chapter 13 - Editing and Headline Writing
- Chapter 14 - Visual Journalists
- Chapter 15 - Graphics Journalism
- Chapter 16 - Photojournalists
- Chapter 17 - Publication Design
- Chapter 18 - Broadcasters
- Chapter 19 - Writing for Broadcast
- Chapter 20 - Beginnings of Multi-Disciplinary Journalism
- Chapter 21 - Journalism in the Age of Technology
- Chapter 22 - New Realities, New Journalism
- Chapter 23 - 20th Century Journalism and Beyond
- Chapter 24 - Law and the Journalist
- Chapter 25 - Ethical Practices in Journalism
- Chapter 26 - Peace Journalism
- Chapter 27 - Present and Future Journalism
- Appendixes
- Back cover
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