Journalism

What is it about crime that we find so fascinating, even if at the same time the details are repugnant? In this compelling book, Martin Brunt draws on the most shocking and harrowing stories he's covered over the past thirty years to document the life of a crime reporter and assess the public obsession with crime that his reporting caters for.

A selection of the next best writing by A. A. Gill -- 'By miles the most brilliant journalist of our age' (Lynn Barber)

Sharp, candid and very funny essays from the broadcasting legends, updated with an exclusive new chapter.

The variety of media platforms available makes it difficult for would-be journalists to understand the requirements of each medium. This book is an accessible, clearly structured guide to different language conventions. It clearly explains the different styles and issues involved with each platform, covering theory as well as practice.

Scholarly analysis of media coverage of the Middle East

True stories from the cursed streets of Honduras, the country with the world's highest murder rate.

Here's the story: readers are provided three headlines; two are true-and one's true bologna. Which are straight off the presses? And which are straight out of the author's mind? It's up to them to decide! British woman weds dolphin! Two minor girls married off to frogs! Tennessee man marries goat!

A classic collection of the New Yorker's most urgent and groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of the climate emergency

After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. Here, their eloquent and ironic voices depict the lavish, corrupt world they had known - from the ...

This troubling real-life thriller takes us from their first meeting in a spartan flat in the rough suburbs of Manchester, to a bombing in Pakistan, a dramatic arrest and Malik's reporting career on the brink of ruin.

Ten years later, Malik returns to this extraordinary tale.

Summing up momentous days that have defined the past, from wars to peace accords, the greatest of human achievements to the most heinous of man's crimes. From the pages of the Daily Mirror, this book brings 100 Forgotten Headlines back to vivid life.

The most comprehensive guide to the global state of free press in 2015 Attacks on the Press is the world's most comprehensive guide to international press freedom.

Wars have dominated politics since history began. In the modern era most of what the media reports on foreign conflicts comes from a small band of war correspondents. As the furore over the Iraq, Afghan and now the Libyan wars demonstrates, Western governments and militaries often collude to keep their ...

Tom Mangold is known to millions as the face of BBC television's flagship current affairs programme Panorama. His memoir, Splashed, is packed with revelations about some of the stories which made the headlines during his long journey from print to Panorama.

New perspective on the role of Al Jazeera English in global television reporting

Highlights the issues faced by news organisations following the kidnapping of journalists.

From Aleppo to Zacatecas, Beijing to Brasilia, the past decade has seen a sharp rise in the number of journalist imprisonments, assassinations, and disappearances worldwide.