Living Journalism: Principles & Practices for an Essential Profession: Principles & Practices for an Essential Profession - Softcover

Martin, Rich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934432229 ISBN 13: 9781934432228

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

For journalism to survive and flourish, it needs journalists who understand its importance to society, believe in and are committed to its core values, and can put those values into action. This goal is at the heart of Living Journalism, a highly readable, practical book where readers will learn the core values and principles needed to produce work that informs and enlightens an increasingly mobile and participatory audience. The advice and stories of professionals throughout the book allow veteran reporters to serve as mentors to today's journalists.

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About the Author

Rich Martin was a newspaperman for 32 years. For 29 of those years he was a reporter and editor at The Roanoke Times in Virginia, where he worked both with rookies who were still learning how to write basic stories and with experienced reporters and editors who taught him a great deal. He was involved in big stories and small ones, from killer floods and blizzards to major investigations of public officials and public policies. Three projects were finalists for Pulitzer Prizes.

In 2005 he began teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where he is now head of the Department of Journalism. As an editor, he had considered himself a teacher first, working with journalists to help them do a better job of telling readers what they needed and wanted to know about the world around them. Going into a classroom was challenging, but with his experience he felt he could offer beginning journalists guidance about practicing journalism properly in the 21st century.

As the news business continues to change in ways that we may not be able to imagine, Martin hopes that journalists will remain true to the values and principles that have made their field a force for good in society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934432229
• ISBN 13: 9781934432228
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188