Sourcing the news

key issues in journalism--an innovative study of the Israeli press

Sourcing the news
Zvi Reich, Zvi Reich
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Sourcing the news

key issues in journalism--an innovative study of the Israeli press

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Hampton Press
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English

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Table of Contents

Introduction: all change?
A period of changes
The newspapers
Growth of newspapers
Book structures
Studying source work and news work
Reporters as the optimal link in the news chain
Reporters as problematical witnesses of their own work
Established methods and news work
Reconstruction interviews
Course of the interviews
Findings and calculations
Obtaining news data as a two-phase process
The characteristics of news phases
The two-phase process and literature
The two-phase process and journalistic practice
Who initiates the news?
Initiative and reporter-source relations
The process model
Technology as an indicator for initiative
The sources of news
The number of sources
Established sources
Various types of sources
The lure of senior sources
The lure of spokespersons
Leaks: the [ab] normal disclosure
What makes a leak?
The methodological dilemma
New technologies, old practices
Do technologies matter?
The journalistic "specialization" of technologies
Different species of reporters
Format and news work practices
News beats and journalistic work
Three "midi-cultures"
Conclusion: stability in the midst of change
Stability and news production
The significance of news practices
News reporting and efficiency
Epistemologies of news reporting
Comparability and representativeness
Three required steps.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Cresskill, NJ
Series
Hampton Press communication series. Mass communication and journalism

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
070.4/3095694
Library of Congress
PN4781 .R377 2009, PN4781.R377 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23014906M
ISBN 13
9781572738621, 9781572738638
LCCN
2009001225
OCLC/WorldCat
300981049

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