Author: David Randall
Publisher: Pluto Pre
Keywords: journalist, universal
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-04-20
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0745326552
ISBN-13: 9780745326559

This is a new edition of the world’s leading textbook on journalism. Translated into more than a dozen languages, David Randall’s handbook is an invaluable guide to the "universals" of good journalistic practice for professional and trainee journalists worldwide. This fully updated edition contains scores of new anecdotes and examples, drawing on the author’s own experience as a national newspaper reporter and columnist. It also contains a completely new chapter on "How To Be a Great Reporter."Book DescriptionThis is a new edition of the world’s leading textbook on jour

Author: David Randall
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: journalist, universal
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 0745316417
ISBN-13: 9780745316413

Irrespective of language or culture, good journalists share a common commitment to the search for truth, often in far from ideal circumstances. With this assertion, David Randall emphasises that good journalism isn’t just about universal objectives: it must also involve the acquisition of a range of skills that will empower journalists to operate in an industry where ownership, technology and information is constantly changing. This acclaimed handbook challenges old attitudes, procedures and techniques of journalism where they are seen as cynical and sloppy. This fully updated edition in

Author: Israel Epstei
Publisher: Long River Pre
Keywords: journalist, jew, memoirs, eye, china
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2005-07-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1592650422
ISBN-13: 9781592650422

My China Eye is the long-awaited memoir by Israel Epstein (1915-2005), one of the last of the Old China Hands and one of the very few Western journalists to experience the Chinese Communist Revolution from its earliest days to the highest levels of power. Born in Poland and raised in China, Epstein’s writings from the front lines of the Chinese War of Resistance and Communist-Nationalist struggle have influenced—and infuriated—U.S. policy, which sought to “roll back” the Chinese Revolution in the Cold War era. Epstein took Chinese citizenship, only to be imprisoned by the Red Guards as so

Author: Ross Dale
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Keywords: journalist, sex, confessions, embedded
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1402212178
ISBN-13: 9781402212178

"Just like Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, this book is a great ride: sexy, hilarious, raunchy, and unexpectedly touching."-Danny Leiner, Director of Dude, Where’s My Car? And Harold & Kumar Go to White CastleROSS DALE is a Wesleyan graduate serenely sailing through post-college life when he gets the offer he can’t refuse. For double his pay, Playboy TV wants him to produce their show Sexcetera, an explicit experience in journalism billed as "true stories from the sexual frontier." A prep student from a sheltered home, Dale finds himself everywhere he never imagined he&#

Author: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: journalist, psmith
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-08-18
List price: $28.99
ISBN-10: 0554370263
ISBN-13: 9780554370262

"My father," Psmith had confided to Mike, meeting him at the station in the family motor on the Monday, "is a man of vast but volatile brain. He has not that calm, dispassionate outlook on life which marks your true philosopher, such as myself. I --" "I say," interrupted Mike, eyeing Psmith’s movements with apprehension, "you aren’t going to drive, are you?"

Author: Samuel G. Freedman
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: mentoring, art, journalist, letters
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0465024556
ISBN-13: 9780465024551

From one of America’s most respected journalists--and a revered professor at Columbia University’s School of Journalism--a lively and inspiring look at the art and craft of journalism Over the course of a thirty-year career, Samuel Freedman has excelled both at doing journalism and teaching it, and he passionately engages both of these endeavors in the pages of this book. As an author and journalist, Freedman has produced award-winning books, investigative series, opinion columns, and feature stories and has become a specialist in a wide variety of fields. As a teacher, he has sh

Author: Edmond Picard
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: drame, comedie, journalist, ambidextre
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 1110402236
ISBN-13: 9781110402236