Journalism : the democratic craft /
Journalism : the democratic craft /
edited by G. Stuart Adam.
- xix, 393 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : the why and how of this book -- Introduction : reflections on journalism and the architecture of democracy -- Authorship and craft -- Why I write -- On being a writer -- Why I write -- In good faith -- Maya Angelou -- The reason for stories -- Journalism's essential elements -- The nature of news -- From politics to human interest -- What's the news? -- From news gathering to news making : a flood of pseudo-events -- What's wrong with news? : it isn't new enough -- News, truth, and a conclusion -- Eyewitness to history -- On the epistemology of investigative journalism -- Tuesday was a good D-Day for Life -- Getting the story in Vietnam -- The legend on the license -- How I broke the Mylai 4 story -- Journalism of verification -- The Boston hoax : she fought it, he bought it -- The scientific way -- In Plato's cave -- The line between fact and fiction -- News as a form of knowledge -- Politics and the English language -- The politics of the plain style -- Reports, inferences, judgments -- The narrative tradition -- From The new journalism -- The requirements -- The dark continent of American journalism -- The conceptual scoop -- Notes towards a definition of journalism. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.
9780195182064 (alk. paper) 0195182065 (alk. paper) 0195182073 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005048821
Journalism.
PN4724 / .J68 2005
070.4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : the why and how of this book -- Introduction : reflections on journalism and the architecture of democracy -- Authorship and craft -- Why I write -- On being a writer -- Why I write -- In good faith -- Maya Angelou -- The reason for stories -- Journalism's essential elements -- The nature of news -- From politics to human interest -- What's the news? -- From news gathering to news making : a flood of pseudo-events -- What's wrong with news? : it isn't new enough -- News, truth, and a conclusion -- Eyewitness to history -- On the epistemology of investigative journalism -- Tuesday was a good D-Day for Life -- Getting the story in Vietnam -- The legend on the license -- How I broke the Mylai 4 story -- Journalism of verification -- The Boston hoax : she fought it, he bought it -- The scientific way -- In Plato's cave -- The line between fact and fiction -- News as a form of knowledge -- Politics and the English language -- The politics of the plain style -- Reports, inferences, judgments -- The narrative tradition -- From The new journalism -- The requirements -- The dark continent of American journalism -- The conceptual scoop -- Notes towards a definition of journalism. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.
9780195182064 (alk. paper) 0195182065 (alk. paper) 0195182073 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005048821
Journalism.
PN4724 / .J68 2005
070.4