How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you pursuade people to say those awful, embarassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the shaving mirror after the way they sometimes behave? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more. Andrew Marr's brilliant book will act as a guide to those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more about the process behind the scenes. Andrew Marr will tell the story of modern journalism through his own. He will explain how journalists get stories and write columns, examine the styles and power of the great editors, contrast broadcast and written journalism, ask unpleasant questions about the compromises and corruption of the trade, and talk to most of the major players today. This will be an extremely readable and utterly unique modern social history of British journalism, with all its odd glamour, smashed hopes and future possibility.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 153 mm
Dicke: 34 mm
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978-1-4050-0536-4 (9781405005364)
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Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and has since enjoyed a long career in political journalism, working for the Scotsman, the Independent, the Daily Express and the Observer. From 2000 to 2005 he was the BBC's Political Editor. He has written and presented TV documentaries on history, science and politics, and for many years presented the weekly Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC1 and Start the Week on Radio 4. He left the BBC at the end of 2021 to join LBC, Classic FM and the New Statesman. He lives in London with his family.
Acknowledgements - i: Acknowledgements Section - ii: Preface Unit - 1: The Snobs and the Soaks Chapter - 1: Who are Journalists? Chapter - 2: Early Journalists Chapter - 3: How Journalists First Became Powerful Chapter - 4: The Rise of the Political Hack Chapter - 5: The Overreachers Chapter - 6: Literary Journalism Chapter - 7: Getting In: Local Papers and the Rise of the Modern Reporter Chapter - 8: When Fleet Street was Fleet Street Chapter - 9: Intellectuals Chapter - 10: Journalism's Private Class System Chapter - 11: Mazer, Our Sala Unit - 2: What Is News? Chapter - 12: Hard News and Weak News Chapter - 13: The Mystery of News Chapter - 14: Early News Stories Chapter - 15: Sensational, and Dull, Victorian News Chapter - 16: The Old News Journalism Chapter - 17: From Austerity to Shopping: News and the Modern World Chapter - 18: Sex Stories: A Very Short History Chapter - 19: Not Shagging but Shopping - New News Values? Chapter - 20: News Now: Has it Changed? Unit - 3: The Dirty Art of Political Journalism Chapter - 21: Coming Home Chapter - 22: The Daily Life of the Gallery Slaves Chapter - 23: The Rise and Fall of the Straight Reporter Chapter - 24: Bent and Twisted Journalism? Chapter - 25: What is a Political Story? Chapter - 26: An Incredibly Short History of the Lobby Chapter - 27: What Political Journalists Do Chapter - 28: Political Journalism Now: Are We Too Powerful? Unit - 4: Lord Copper and His Children Chapter - 29: Becoming an Editor Chapter - 30: How Real Editors Edit Chapter - 31: Enter Lord Copper, With a Heavy Tread Chapter - 32: The First Mystery of the Proprietors Chapter - 33: How to Read a Newspaper Unit - 5: Into The Crowded Air Chapter - 34: If the Face Fits . . . Chapter - 35: The Clutter of Magic: How Broadcasters Do It Chapter - 36: Whales and Elephants Chapter - 37: From Stars to Soup: the ITN Revolution Chapter - 38: 633 Squadron: Current Affairs and the Rise of the Reporter Chapter - 39: The Mix Chapter - 40: Interlude: from Home Service to Light Programme? Chapter - 41: The Politics of Television Unit - 6: Two Aristrocracies Chapter - 42: One: Foreign Correspondents, and the Sin of Glamour Chapter - 43: From Adventurers to Missionaries Chapter - 44: The Natives Back Home: Selfish and Dim? Chapter - 45: Good News Shock Chapter - 46: Two: Columnists, from Pundits to Panderers Chapter - 47: The Pundits Chapter - 48: How to be a Columnist Section - iii: Epilogue Section - iv: Notes Index - v: Index
