Rodgers Reporting Conflict

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-00889-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Journalism

In Reporting Conflict, a correspondent turned lecturer draws on his personal experience of journalism in wartime. The author, James Rodgers, has reported on world-changing conflicts. The book combines reflection on this personal experience with an assessment of other accounts of journalism in wartime, and academic studies on the subject.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rodgers, James

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Milestones of War Reporting.- Access.- Objectivity.- How the War was Spun: the Role of Public Relations Companies, Consultants, and Politics.- Storytelling in the Digital Age.- 'Remember, it's not your war' – Reporter Involvement.- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

JAMES RODGERS spent twenty years as a journalist: five for Reuters Television, and fifteen for the BBC. He spent most of his career as a foreign correspondent, completing postings in Moscow, Gaza, and Brussels, as well as numerous other assignments. His areas of specialist knowledge are Russia, and the Gaza Strip, where, as the BBC's correspondent from 2002-2004, he was the only international journalist permanently based in the territory. In 2001, he reported from New York and Washington after September 11th. He was the first BBC journalist to report from the village where Saddam Hussein was captured in December 2003.