News Coverage Reporting and Editing
Contents: Preface. 1. News reporting: an introductory overview. 2. News editing: related manifestations and activities. 3. All-news radio, television and advertising: an overview. 4. Publishing magazine, newsmagazine and newspaper: select case studies. 5. News sites on internet: focus on E-journals, E-Zine and websites. 6. News related to scoop, scandal and propaganda: moving towards media democracy. 7. Prizes for distinguished news coverage, editing, writing and reporting: a case study. 8. News media, media event, studies and ownership: an overview. Bibliography. Index.
"News Coverage, Reporting and Editing provides readers with a complete overview of the subject under discussion. An introductory overview of news reporting is provided with focus on news agency, reporters and news reportage. Related manifestations and activities while undertaking news editing are also covered in detail highlighting issues related to copy editing, proof reading, fact checking and educational courses dealing with them. The aspects related to all news radio, television news and advertisement during news broadcasting are also dealt in brief.
This book also highlights issues related to publishing of magazines, news magazines and newspapers. Select case studies have been incorporated to further clarify the aspects under discussion. Focus also lies on news sites on the internet and very many of such sites have been outlined in detail. E-journals and E-Zine (i.e. Emagazines) have been covered for indepth analysis and critical evaluation. Aspects of media democracy have been outlined with focus on scoop, scandal, propaganda and media-imperialism. Various prizes and awards related to editorical cartooning and writing commentary; criticism, feature writing, local, national, explanatory and investigative reporting, breaking news reporting and photography, international reporting, feature and news photography, public service and journalism have been covered. An overview of this news media, media events and ownership provided. This book is extremely user friendly and informative." (jacket)
