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In diesem essential wird der radikale Wandel der Medien und des Journalismus durch den Aufstieg der Plattformen beschrieben. Es wird gezeigt, wie neue Akteure mit neuen Herangehensweisen auf die Buhne treten. Denn durch die aufgezeigten Veranderungen kann jeder Mensch ohne besonderen Sachverstand weltweit publizieren. Dies verandert grundlegend die Produktionsweisen und Geschaftsmodelle der Medien und des Journalismus selbst, denn jeder Mensch wird zum Publizisten. Die Plattformen diktier...

This is a collection of political remembrances from a longtime Statehouse and Washington bureau reporter. Son of an Ohio Supreme Court Justice and longtime political reporter, Rick Zimmerman presents Ohio politics from the inside. He began learning about Ohio politics and politicians as a young boy, sitting at the dinner table presided over by his father, Judge Charles Ballard Zimmerman. The author says his ""father was a Democrat of sorts, but identified with the Jeffersonian wing of the party....

A classic collection of the New Yorker’s most urgent and groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of the climate emergency In 1989, just one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified that the earth was now warmer than it had ever been in recorded history, thanks to humankind’s heedless consumption of fossil fuels, New Yorker writer Bill McKibben published a deeply reported and considered piece on climate change...

For a month in the fall of 2002, a series of sniper attacks suddenly dominated the headlines in the nation's capital. Beginning in the Washington suburbs, these crimes eventually stretched over one hundred miles along I-95 to Richmond. More than a thousand law officers would pursue the perpetrators - an enormous number for one case. The number of reporters covering the story, however, was even greater. ""On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper"" uses the remarkable events of that October to explore the...

The FCC's recent controversial decision to roll back restrictions on media conglomeration produced an outpouring of protest and dissent; more than 700,000 Americans personally registered complaints along with organizations as diverse as NOW and the NRA. In Our Unfree Press, Robert McChesney and Ben Scott demonstrate that, like the corporations themselves, criticism of media monopolies has a long tradition. Featuring the work of Upton Sinclair, C. Wright Mills, Walter Lippmann, Noam Chomsky, and...

"No one commands better the story of the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877 as presented in the nation's newspapers than does Marc Abrams. Here is Abrams's story of America's greatest Indian war woven from those timely reports, augmented with insightful introductions and annotations. Abrams has produced a significant addition to the historiography of this endlessly fascinating struggle and its colorful personalities." --Paul L. Hedren, author of After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country...

During the early 1960s, the "golden age" of network documentary, commercial television engaged in one of the most ambitious public education efforts in U.S. history as all three networks dramatically expanded their documentary programming. Promoted by government leaders, funded by broadcasters, and hailed by critics, these documentaries sought to mobilize public opinion behind a more activist policy of U.S. leadership around the globe. The programs also were part of an explicit effort to make th...

ANTHONY ANTS' MYSTERY MIDNIGHT FEAST is an inventive new story featuring all Anthony Ant's old friends. It is packed with jokes,has puzzles and games all the way through and is published as a paperback original to follow the succ of the paperback AMAZING ANTHONY ANT.

This comprehensive introductory text combines the whys of journalism with the how-tos. Students are guided toward mastery of the finer points of reporting, beat coverage, and news writing, while also gaining awareness of the important role journalists serve in a democratic society. Rich with pointers, examples, hands-on exercises, and thoughtful discussion questions, and written in an engaging, down-to-earth style, the book reflects the authors' extensive experience in both the newsroom and the...

A popular and accessible history of Scotland in the 20th century, seen through the front pages of Scotland's most popular newspaper, the Daily Record This is a lively and evocative acount of how we lived, worked and played in Scotland throughout this century. The major news stories affecting Scotland from every year will be covered: some will be familiar, some will jog the memory, others will remind us of events that will never be forgotten. The book also includes a fascinati...