Sourcing the news : key issues in journalism--an innovative study of the Israeli press /

Reich, Zvi,

Sourcing the news : key issues in journalism--an innovative study of the Israeli press / Zvi Reich. - xv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Hampton Press communication series. Mass communication and journalism . - Hampton Press communication series. Mass communications and journalism. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: all change? -- A period of changes -- The newspapers -- Growth of newspapers -- Book structures -- Studying source work and news work -- Reporters as the optimal link in the news chain -- Reporters as problematical witnesses of their own work -- Established methods and news work -- Reconstruction interviews -- Course of the interviews -- Findings and calculations -- Obtaining news data as a two-phase process -- The characteristics of news phases -- The two-phase process and literature -- The two-phase process and journalistic practice -- Who initiates the news? -- Initiative and reporter-source relations -- The process model -- Technology as an indicator for initiative -- Conclusion: news initiative and the public interest -- The sources of news -- The number of sources -- Established sources -- Various types of sources -- The lure of senior sources -- The lure of spokespersons -- Leaks: the [ab] normal disclosure -- What makes a leak? -- The methodological dilemma -- New technologies, old practices -- Do technologies matter? -- The journalistic "specialization" of technologies -- Different species of reporters -- Format and news work practices -- News beats and journalistic work -- Three "midi-cultures" -- Conclusion: stability in the midst of change -- Stability and news production -- The significance of news practices -- News reporting and efficiency -- Epistemologies of news reporting -- Comparability and representativeness -- Three required steps.

1572738626 9781572738621 1572738634 9781572738638

2009001225


Reporters and reporting--Israel
Attribution of news.
Journalism--Technological innovations--Israel
Journalism--Israel

PN4781 / .R377 2009

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