Practising journalism : values, constraints, implications / editor, Nalini Rajan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rajan, Nalini, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--India.

Journalism.

Journalistic ethics.

India.

Journalistic ethics--India.

Physical Description:

vi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE Publications, 2005.

Summary:

Practicing Journalism brings together experts from the field of journalism: journalists; freelance writers; lectures; and media practitioners to provide a comprehensive collection of current articles. Offering a unique view of the way journalism is both practiced and taught, this book is divided into four section: core values in journalism; specialization within the craft; the constraints of practice; and implications for the future. It covers areas including: gender and identity in the popular press; sports journalism; urban reporting; embedded journalism; censorship; and alternative media. This book is essential reading for students of journalism and all those considering a career in the field.

Contents:

Flourishing papers, floundering craft : the press and the law / B.R.P. Bhaskar

Defining the principles of ethical journalism / N. Ram

Prabhat Khabar : an experiment in journalism / Harivansh

Investigative journalism : those who expose us / Dilip D'Souza

Publicising the private : the right to privacy against media intrusion / Mukund Padmanabhan

The untold story of television coverage / Valerie Kaye

The greening of India's scribes / Darryl D'Monte

Engendering the public sphere / Pamela Philipose

Gender, identity and the Tamil popular press / V. Geetha

Sports journalism : going against the grain / Nirmal Shekar

Agriculture : the missing dimension / Devinder Sharma

Urban reporting : citizens and 'others' / Kalpana Sharma

Porous legalities and the dilemmas of contemporary media / Lawrence Liang

Covering caste : visible dalit, invisible Brahmin / S. Anand

The relevance of the Urdu-language media / M.H. Lakdawala

Iron veils : reporting sub-conventional warfare in India / Praveen Swami

Embedded journalists : lessons from the Iraq war / Shyam Tekwani

Mainstream Indian media : 1990s and after / Bindu Bhaskar

The importance of being earnest as well as entertaining / Robert Brown

The public sphere of print journalism / Robin Jeffrey

Alternative spaces in the broadcast media / S. Gautham

Censorship ké Peeché Kya Hai? / K.P. Jayasankar and Anjali Monteiro

News in the age of instant communication / Mahalakshmi Jayaram

Teaching computer-assisted reporting in south India / Steven S. Ross

Community radio : luxury or necessity? / Ashish Sen

'Youth' and the Indian media / Anjali Kamat.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761933786

0761933794

8178295210

8178295229

OCLC:

60550665

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