Practising journalism [electronic resource] : values, constraints, implications / editor, Nalini Rajan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rajan, Nalini, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--India.

Journalism.

Journalistic ethics--India.

Journalistic ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of original articles reflects the fascinating spectrum of practices, trends and values within the journalistic profession. It is perhaps the only significant work that documents the variety of ways in which this craft is both practised and viewed. Contributors including journalists, freelance writers, academics and media practitioners cover diverse issues such as gender and identity in the popular press; sports journalism; urban reporting; embedded journalists; censorship; and alternative media.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-067-2

1-282-15390-0

9786612153907

81-321-0261-4

OCLC:

436044692