Newspaper Journalism
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2010), vi, 223 pp.
Series: Journalism Studies: Key Texts
ISBN 978-1-4129-3120-5 (pbk); 978-1-4129-3119-9 (hbk)
"Drawing on their extensive experience in academia and also across local, national, mainstream, and alternative newspapers, Peter Cole and Tony Harcup write clearly and engagingly from both industry and scholarly perspectives, and contend that, far from dying, newspapers are doing what they have always done: adapting to a changing environment." (Publisher description)
I. NEWSPAPERS PAST AND PRESENT
1 The continuing importance of newspaper journalism, 3
2 The UK national press today, 19
3 Beyond Fleet Street: newspapers in the regions and nations, 46
4 Headlines from newspaper history, 59
II. CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES AND CURRENT DEBATES
5 The changing political economy of the press, 83
6 From telling stories to providing content: journalism in the digital age, 102
7 The press under scrutiny: self regulation and ethics, 125
8 Digging deeper: investigative journalism in newspapers, 147
III. MAKING SENSE OF NEWSPAPERS
9 Hacks and academy: theorising journalism, 163
10 Newspapers at the crossroads, 177
11 Read all about it: a critical bibliography of newspaper journalism, 193
Appendix: Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice, 201
1 The continuing importance of newspaper journalism, 3
2 The UK national press today, 19
3 Beyond Fleet Street: newspapers in the regions and nations, 46
4 Headlines from newspaper history, 59
II. CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES AND CURRENT DEBATES
5 The changing political economy of the press, 83
6 From telling stories to providing content: journalism in the digital age, 102
7 The press under scrutiny: self regulation and ethics, 125
8 Digging deeper: investigative journalism in newspapers, 147
III. MAKING SENSE OF NEWSPAPERS
9 Hacks and academy: theorising journalism, 163
10 Newspapers at the crossroads, 177
11 Read all about it: a critical bibliography of newspaper journalism, 193
Appendix: Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice, 201
