"Distinctive, original, fresh in in tone and manner, with a quaint whimsicality of feeling and expression." The New York Times Life on the Western waterfront has always fascinated Max Miller, a special reporter for the San Diego Sun. Embraced by all the waterfront folk, he has joined them on their cruises, has learned the mystery of their crafts, and knows them like brothers. Max himself has become a part of the waterfront. Not a fishing boat ties up to the wharf without Max Miller getting the...
Media Criticism in a Digital Age introduces readers to a variety of critical approaches to audio and video discourse on radio, television and the Internet. It is intended for those preparing for electronic media careers as well as for anyone seeking to enhance their media literacy. This book takes the unequivocal view that the material heard and seen over digital media is worthy of serious consideration. Media Criticism in a Digital Age applies key aesthetic, sociological, philosophical, psych...
Keys to Understanding the Financial News (Barron's Business Keys)
by Nicholas G Apostolou and Professor Emeritus D Larry Crumbley
Understanding what you read in financial publications can be difficult and frustrating. This updated edition helps you cut through all the financial language and fully comprehend what you want or need to know. This guide contains all-new information and concentrates on details. Master the 46 concepts in this book and you will dramatically improve your understanding of financial news. The authors have made each concept easy-to-follow for nonexperts to grasp. However, even those experienced in the...
Now, more than ever, political journalists are central figures in the titanic struggles of modern history, not only telling us about events but also interpreting them and shaping our views. This engrossing book explores the relationship between journalism and politics in the twentieth century and tells the stories of the journalists-both good and bad-who have played major roles. Fred Inglis tracks the flamboyant biographies of giants of the genre, from the early newspapermen during the Russian...
I love my Boyfriend More Than Skiing (...yes, he bought me this)
by Omi Valentine Kech
Teachers who love teaching teach children to love learning (Teacher, #9)
by Omi Kech
'His contribution to the art and enjoyment of TV criticism over the past ten years has been immense. His work is deeply perceptive, often outrageously funny and always compulsively readable'Said the judges of the British Press Awards, in naming Clive James Critic of the Year for 1981. The Crystal Bucket offers a further selection of his inimitable TV criticism for the Observer. 'C.J. didn't get where he is today just by being funny. He is humane, liberal and compassionate . . . What he writes is...
Since the first edition of THE ONLINE JOURNALIST appeared in 1995, the Internet and other computer-based communication networks have established themselves as dynamic, widespread, accessible channels of communication. THE ONLINE JOURNALIST explores and demonstrates how reporters can use the Internet and other online resources more efficiently and effectively. Reddick and King also discuss how this technology impacts journalism, the pitfalls reporters and editors should avoid, and the legal and e...
Sachin Tendulkar, b. 1973, Indian cricketer; contributed articles.
Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media
Ethical principles in modern day media and journalism are complicated and incorporate any number of situations going beyond simple corruption, or historical concepts of ethics. This book seeks to address the most pertinent ethical issues facing journalism and media and communications in general. For manifold reasons, including political or economic pressure from without, or corruption of management from within, media institutions do not necessarily adhere to accepted standards of ethics in publ...
Notebook Dot Grid (Notebook Dot Grid, #1)
by Dot Grid Dotted Publication
Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching
by Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Fumiko Nazikian, and Jisuk Park
Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching is a timely guide for Japanese language teachers and anyone interested in language pedagogy. The book outlines an innovative approach to language instruction which goes beyond the communicative approach and encourages a global view of language education and curriculum development through the use of social networking. It showcases diverse examples of how social networking can be harnessed and incorporated into everyday language classes to...
"We knew from the beginning how critical it was to have our own publication, to set forth our agenda for freedom...to urge change, to use the pen alongside the sword," writes David Hilliard in the preface to this stunning collection of pages from the original groundbreaking editions of the Black Panther Party's official news organ and original essays by Hilliard, Elaine Brown, Dr. Stan Oden, Craig Laurence Rice, Kumasi, and Joshua Bloom. First called The Black Panther Community News Service...
The Struggle to Revitalize American Newspapers (Mellen studies in journalism, No 2)
by Joseph C. Manzella
This volume examines early black baseball as it was represented in the artwork and written accounts of the popular press. From contemporary postbellum articles, illustrations, photographs and woodcuts, a unique image of the black athlete emerges, one that was not always positive but was nonetheless central in understanding the evolving black image in American culture. Chapters of this title cover press depictions of championship games, specific teams and athletes, and the fans and culture surrou...
At a time when American Jews should feel more secure and cohesive than ever, civil war is tearing apart their community. Congregations, neighborhoods, even families are taking sides in battles about Jewish identity and Jewish authenticity. The conflict pits fundamentalist against secularist, denomination against denomination, even liberal against conservative within each branch of Jewry. Jew vs. Jew tells the story of how American Jewry has increasingly -- and perhaps terminally -- broken apar...
Environmental Journalism (Investigative Journalism That Inspired Change)
by Diane Dakers
Composition Notebook Watercolor Tree Design Vol 8 (Watercolor Trees, #8)
by Stylish Af Notebooks