Exposes the national stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry, and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a machinery of international propaganda. This book shows the impact of this on a world where consumers believe a mass of stories which are as false as the idea that the Earth is flat.

On 6 June 2004, Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon were in a suburb of Riyadh, filming a report on Al-Qaeda when they were confronted by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright. Frank was brought down by shots in the shoulder and leg. Against all the odds, Frank survived and this is his account of the agonizing journey.

Examines the intense conflict between financial success and moral righteousness in nineteenth-century America. This study also examines how popular writers and widely read newspapers, magazines, and books expressed social tensions between prosperity and morality.

Public Affairs for Journalists is a punchy and practical introduction to all aspects of central and local government. It provides journalism students with all the information they will need to cover public affairs confidently.

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarrassing things? Who earns what? This book presents the modern social history of British journalism.

Many female journalists came to the fore during the first and second world wars, and their perspective was very different to that of their male peers, who were reporting from the field. Since then, women have continued to break new ground in newspapers and magazines, redefining the world as we see it.

A study of how the war correspondent came of age. It examines the problems - political, professional and personal, faced by some of the century's greatest war correspondents both within Spain and also in America, Britain, France and Russia. It throws light not just on the Spanish Civil War but also on internal politics within all those countries.

It's spring 1983. It seemed that one of the most startling discoveries of the century had been made, and that one of the world's most sought after documents had finally come to light, the private diaries of Adolf Hitler. What followed was the exchange of extraordinary sums of money for world-wide publishing rights. But that was just the beginning.

Are newspapers faced with an existential threat or are they changing to meet the challenges of a digital world? This book offers an analysis of newspapers in the context of their historical importance to society.

Offering an empirical investigation of journalistic practices in different news contexts, this work explores how technological, economic and social changes have reconfigured news journalism, and the consequences of these transformations for a vibrant democracy in our digital age.

Offers a comprehensive assessment of the diverse forms of news media, including newspapers, radio, television, magazines, photojournalism, online news and beyond.

Emphasizeing the basics, this title provides information on online reporting and packaging stories. It also includes information on feature writing, from stories to reviews and column-writing.

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarrassing things? This insider's account aims to provide an answer to all these questions and more.

Takes declines in circulation and the number of dailies into consideration offering a variety of ways to save journalism. This book argues that understanding the relationship between quality and profit probably may not save traditional newspapers, but such knowledge can guide new media enterprises.

Offers a critical analysis of the key skills required to work in the modern studio, on-location, or on-line, with chapters written by industry professionals from the BBC, ITV, CNN and independent production companies in the UK and US. This title highlights areas such as: Interviewing; Researching; Editing; Writing; and, Reporting.

The essays in this collection explore the British popular press since 1896 from Harmsworth's Daily Mail to Maxwell's Mirror . Topics include: early dealings with the BBC; the role of photojournalism; the contribution of Reuters; and the roots of financial journalism for a mass market.

Addresses the pressing questions of how gender shapes the forms, practice, institutions and audiences of journalism, and explores the multiple interconnections between news, gender and power.

Uncovers the story of the prestigious Sunday newspaper which allowed the CIA and MI6 to plant fiction in its columns. The author exposes the national stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry, and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a machinery of international propaganda.