Key Readings in Journalism

by King; Elliot

• ISBN13: 9780415880282
• ISBN10: 0415880289
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-03-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Key Readings in Journalism brings together the essential writings that every student of journalism should know. The volume presents forty of the most important works about journalism arranged thematically to enable students to think deeply and broadly about journalism'”its social impact, its history, key individuals and institutions, its practice, and its future. Each reading is introduced with a headnote that provides context and points to key concepts discussed in the selection. Key Readings in Journalism is designed to be used as a primary text in undergraduate Introduction to Journalism and Journalism and Society courses, and the selections have been carefully chosen to reflect the needs of today's journalism classroom.

Author Biography

Elliot King is Professor and Chair in the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland. Jane L. Chapman is Professor of Communications in the School of Journalism at Lincoln University, and is a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction: What We Should Know	p. 1
The Development of Journalism	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Discoveringthe the News	p. 13
A Place in the News	p. 26
Technology and Ideology: The Case of the Telegraph	p. 40
The African American Newspaper	p. 55
Comparative Media History	p. 64
Free for All: The Internet's Transformation of Journalism	p. 77
Doing Journalism	p. 89
Introduction	p. 91
Deciding What's News	p. 95
The Face of War	p. 105
The Race Beat	p. 116
The First Casualty	p. 136
All the President's Men	p. 154
The Girls in the Balcony	p. 165
Biography	p. 173
Introduction	p. 175
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power	p. 179
The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens	p. 189
Margaret Bourke White: A Biography	p. 200
Murrow: His Life and Times	p. 219
Breaking Barriers	p. 234
Personal History	p. 244
Classic Reporting	p. 255
Introduction	p. 257
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases	p. 259
A History of Standard Oil Company	p. 266
Ernie's War	p. 280
Silent Spring	p. 290
In Cold Blood	p. 299
The Boys on the Bus	p. 311
Journalism and Society	p. 321
Introduction	p. 323
Democracy in America	p. 327
Public Opinion	p. 339
The Brass Check	p. 351
A Free and Responsible Press: The Hutchins Committee Response	p. 357
The Press	p. 368
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media	p. 380
On Television and Journalism	p. 398
Permissions	p. 407
Index	p. 410
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