Murder in Our Midst: Comparing Crime Coverage Ethics in an Age of Globalized News - Hardcover

Fullerton, Romayne Smith; Patterson, Maggie Jones

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0190863536 ISBN 13: 9780190863531

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Based on a sampling of news coverage, codes of ethics and style guides, and almost 200 personal interviews in 10 North American and Western European countries, Murder in Our Midst reveals that journalists' crime coverage practices differ greatly. It shows how each nation's story telling reflects not only shapes policies toward crime and criminals, but also culturally constructed concepts like privacy, public, public right to know, and justice.

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About the Author

Romayne Smith Fullerton is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada. Along with a former student, she has authored a book about Canadian crime coverage, and over her many years in the field, she has written numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, and opinion pieces and commentary about journalism ethics in Canada.

Maggie Jones Patterson is professor of journalism at Duquesne University and former reporter for the Pittsburgh Press. She is the co-author of three previous books (Art Rooney: A Sporting Life, Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting, and Birth or Abortion? Private Struggles in a Political World) as well as numerous book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. She chairs the Duquesne University Student Publications Board, is Acting President of the Pittsburgh Society of Professional Journalists chapter, and sits on the Board of PublicSource, an online nonprofit news service for the Pittsburgh area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190863536
• ISBN 13: 9780190863531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312