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.
More gems of wisdom and wit from Stanley Marcus, acknowledged harbinger of taste whose very name is a symbol of quality. Marcus lets his mind roam through subjects as diverse as dieting, gardening, nonconformists, phobias, sports, toys, and weather.
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.
Without the footnote and bibliography baggage of academic writings, these newspaper articles and stories detail the traditions, customs and practices of Texans from El Paso to Longview, from Amarillo to Houston. This is a book about the folk as journalists write about them. Folklorist Jim Harris discovered through writing his own column that ......
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.
This volume offers a critical and constructive examination of the claims of public journalism, the controversial movement aimed at getting the press to promote and indeed improve--not merely report on--the quality of public life. From leading contributors, original essays refine the terms of the debate by situating it within a broad cultural, ......
With this study, America Rodriguez examines news making as part of a larger narrative - the self-creation of a cultural, social and political Latino identity in US culture.'
A Case Study of the Press and the Ciskei "Homeland"
Switzer looks at how South Africa's communications industry, the largest and most powerful on the continent, promotes dependency among the subject African populations. This study of the Ciskei "Homeland", which has long been a fountainhead of African nationalism and a zone of conflict between blacks and whites, focuses on the privately owned, ......
An examination of the way elections have come to be reported as sporting events, rather than forums for discussion of ideas. The author suggests how the journalism of a campaign discourse could be made more meaningful and compelling .
