Understanding Contemporary Journalism

Understanding Contemporary Journalism
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Publisher : African Books Collective
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9789956552917
ISBN-13 : 9956552917
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Book Synopsis Understanding Contemporary Journalism by : Tatah Mentan

Download or read book Understanding Contemporary Journalism written by Tatah Mentan and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalism is one of the most important professions today. Without it, large swaths of the world similarly might have remained "dark, impoverished, tortured," because few people would have been aware of the nature and depth of the atrocities therein. You can't fix what you can't find. Indeed, we have only to look at places today where journalists must risk their lives to do their jobs-places such as Central Europe, the Philippines, Mexico, Myanmar, Russia, Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Cameroun, Afghanistan, and too many others-to appreciate anew what an incalculable difference the media make, reporting on wars, famines, genocide, and the tyrants who green-light them. But saving the world apparently is not enough. I have included a chapter on Peace Journalism because it uses conflict analysis and transformation to update the concept of balance, fairness and accuracy in reporting. This approach provides a new road map tracing the connections between journalists, their sources, the stories they cover and the consequences of their reporting-the ethics of journalistic intervention to play a role in global peace rather than fuelling conflicts.


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