Myles Breen, editor
JOURNALISM
Theory and Practice
What is news? Can journalists be objective? Do press photographs tell the truth? How does the need to be dramatic affect the veracity of television news? These questions and many more are posed in this collection of essays by Australia's leading journalism educators.
The book also:
• examines how the Internet has changed the way journalists cover stories
• provides a social profile of Australian journalists today
• uncovers some of the realities behind journalism education in our universities.
As the training of journalists has expanded within higher education, educators in the field have had to re-examine their professional role. They were once content to teach the practice of journalism and to leave theory about the news media to sociologists and cultural theorists. In recent years, however, they have grown increasingly dissatisfied with the results produced by those who lack direct experience in the profession. The result is this book — the most substantial body of work yet produced in this country to theorise the nature of journalism and its practice.
Publication information
Publication date: December 1998.
Recommended retail price: $29.95 BUT OUT OF PRINT
Paperback, 215 x 140 mm, 374 pages, notes, index
ISBN 1 876492 02 3
Publisher:
Macleay Press, PO Box 477, Paddington NSW 2021
Telephone 02 9360 2534 Fax 02 9331 7368
email: sales@macleaypress.com
