What happens to journalists who expose uncomfortable truths? How far are journalists prepared to go in order to report a difficult story? This work provides answers to these questions with the stories of journalists who risked their careers so that the public might be informed. It aims to be a reminder of risks accepted by the media on our behalf.
Presents a history of the "Buffalo News" from its start-up in 1873. This book focusses on the newsroom operations of this newspaper and puts emphasis on the editorial staff, the editors who have guided it through the years, and the publishers who have presided over the enterprise.
A critique of the American media's war coverage that looks at the way in which a virtual merger between the Pentagon and the media produced a war spectacle that the American public was primed to see, media collusion in the campaign to discredit the UN, "rightwing liberation theology" as war propaganda, and more.
Tracing the development of communication markets and the regulation of international communications from the 1840s through World War I, Jill Hills examines the political, technological, and economic forces at work during the formative century of global communication. The Struggle for Control of Global Communication analyzes power relations within ......
This text shows how news articles draw from age-old tales that have chastened, challenged, and entranced people since the beginning of time. Beneath the facade of current events, it identifies such enduring archetypes as the innocent victim, the trickster and the hero.
For almost three years, as Moscow Correspondent for CBS News, Richard Threlkeld was a close observer of the scene inside Russia and many of its old Soviet allies. This book presents his memoir of life in the remains of the former Soviet Empire during the waning years of Boris Yeltsin's regime.
How "Objectivity" Came to Define American Journalism
If American journalism were a religion, as it has been called, then its supreme deity would be objectivity. This book draws on high profile cases, showing the degree to which journalism and its evolving commitment to objectivity altered - and in some cases limited - the public's understanding of events and issues.
From coverage of the war in Iraq to national security, this book details the manner in which journalists have walked in lockstep to the self-serving quid pro quo of government and corporate media giants. Including a preface by Arthur Kent, it includes essays written by more than a dozen of the nation's top media scholars, critics, and journalists.