Reporter's Guide to the EU

Melchior, Sigrid. Ed(s): Gardner, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1138678627 / ISBN 13: 9781138678620

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017

About this Item

Editor(s): Gardner, Stephen. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JP; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2017. Hardback. . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9781138678620

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reporter's Guide to the EU
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138678627
• ISBN 13: 9781138678620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

A Reporter’s Guide to the EU addresses a pressing need for an effective, in-depth guide to reporting on this major governing body, offering practical advice on writing and reporting on the EU and a clear, concise breakdown of its complex inner-workings.

Sigrid Melchior, an experienced Brussels-based journalist, gives a detailed overview of the main EU institutions and explains the procedures for passing EU law. Interviews with professionals working for the EU, from areas including lobbying, public relations, diplomacy and journalism, are featured throughout the book.

Building on this, the second half of the book provides useful journalistic tools and tips on how to approach EU reporting. It identifies common mistakes in reporting on the EU and how to avoid them, as well as offering guidance on investigative reporting. Melchior also details how to work with information gathered and maintained by EU institutions, including their audiovisual archives, the Eurostat and Eurobarometer, which are invaluable resources for journalists and journalism students.

With few aspects of political life that remain untouched by EU decision-making the book demystifies the EU system and its sources, enabling professional journalists and students of journalism to approach EU reporting with clarity and confidence.

For additional resources related to A Reporter’s Guide to the EU, please visit www.areportersguidetotheeu.com

About the Author

Sigrid Melchior is a Brussels-based freelance journalist. Since 2007 she has covered EU politics and European politics for Swedish written press. She has previously published Handbok i EU-journalistik (2013) and EU-handboken (2016) in Sweden.