Journalism: Principles and Practice

"Novel, user-friendly layout. . . exhilarating and inspiring. . . seldom, if ever, have the practical and the theoretical been so well assimilated." ―Free Press

"This excellent and easy-to-read book will help young journalists understand the real nature of today′s media - and their role within in." ―Jeremy Dear, NUJ, General Secretary

This is the indispensable guide to the theory and practice of journalism, now updated with 20% entirely new material. With its innovative text design, it creatively combines the experience and advice of practicing journalists with the theories and insights from the academic study of journalism. This Second Edition thoroughly addresses the converged nature of much 21st century journalism, with discussion and examples of online practice embedded throughout to represent the reality that online journalism is increasingly part of the job for all journalists.

New and improved features include:

• More examples, more depth, and more interviews with journalists
• A whole new chapter on telling stories through pictures, whether on TV or online
• Fresh new examples reflecting today′s journalistic practice
• More insights from online journalists on blogging, the use of video and audio on the web, interactive maps and other ways of doing journalism online

This new edition embraces the new without abandoning the fundamentals of what journalism is all about. It will continue to inspire students of journalism to reflect on everyday practice and connect it to academic debate.

 

Tony Harcup is an Emeritus Fellow of the University of Sheffield whose writing about journalism can be found on reading lists around the world and has been translated into Chinese, Korean and Polish, among other languages.

Before moving into journalism education, Tony spent many years working as a staff and freelance journalist on alternative and mainstream media ranging from small local weekly publications to national newspapers, magazines and websites.

He has researched extensively in the fields of news values, journalistic ethics, alternative journalism and journalism education. His best-selling book Journalism: Principles and Practice (Sage, 2021) is now in its fourth edition, and his other titles include The Ethical Journalist (Sage, 2007) and What’s the Point of News? (Palgrave, 2020).