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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827322903321

Autore

Willis Jim <1946 Mar. 19->

Titolo

The mind of a journalist : how reporters view themselves, their world, and their craft / / Jim Willis ; epilogue by Marilyn Thomsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, : SAGE, c2010

ISBN

1-4522-1303-8

1-4522-7491-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 245 p.) : ports

Disciplina

071/.3

Soggetti

Journalism - United States - History - 21st century

Reporters and reporting - United States - History - 21st century

Television broadcasting of news - United States - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword: The Thinking Journalist; 1 - The Lure of Journalism; 2 - The Priesthood of Journalists; 3 - The Journalist's View of the World; 4 - Journalists, Theory, and Ethics; 5 - The Journalist as an Ideologue; 6 - The Journalist and Faith; 7 - The Journalist as Celebrity; 8 - Questions Vexing Journalists; Epilogue: Reporting From Iraq; Afterword: A Personal Odyssey; Appendix 1: Covering Katrina; Appendix 2: Thirteen Unique Journalists; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

For students and would-be journalists, this book analyzes the rational processes journalists use in defining themselves, their world, and their relation to that world.