Journalism: Principles and Practice

`Will prove extremely relevant and popular on courses where students are pursuing Media and Journalism degrees′ - Granville Williams, Huddersfield University

`Journalism: Principles and Practice is essential reading for students, teachers and journalists. It seems destined to become a classic text of journalism education′ - Professor Bob Franklin, Cardiff University

′Journalism: Principles and Practice combines practical advice with critical reflection and draws on Tony′s 20 years′ experience as a journalist. It explains how to "do journalism", how to be a journalist and how to relate all the well-intentioned theory about the profession to doing the real job in the real world′ - Hold the Front Page

`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

Offering a wide-ranging introduction to journalism and combining the experience and advice of practising journalists with insights gained by the academic study of journalism, Journalism: Principles and Practice:

- relates theory to practice throughout

- spans print, broadcasting and online journalism

- includes sections on news, features, sources, interviewing, and ethics

- includes a Style Guide for Journalists and a list of useful websites

In addition to explaining `how to do′ journalism, each chapter introduces a range of more theoretical concepts designed to encourage reflective practice. However, it also uses the perspective of practitioners to question media theory.

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).