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My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism by Andrew Marr
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About Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and has since enjoyed a long career in political journalism, working for the Scotsman, the Independent, the Daily Express and the Observer. From 2000 to 2005 he was the BBC's Political Editor. He has written and presented TV documentaries on history, science and politics, and presents the weekly Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC1 and Start the Week on Radio 4. Andrew lives in London with his family.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements - i: Acknowledgements
Section - ii: Preface
Unit - 1: The Snobs and the Soaks
Chapter - 1: Who are Journalists?
Chapter - 2: Early Journalists
Chapter - 3: How Journalists First Became Powerful
Chapter - 4: The Rise of the Political Hack
Chapter - 5: The Overreachers
Chapter - 6: Literary Journalism
Chapter - 7: Getting In: Local Papers and the Rise of the Modern Reporter
Chapter - 8: When Fleet Street was Fleet Street
Chapter - 9: Intellectuals
Chapter - 10: Journalism's Private Class System
Chapter - 11: Mazer, Our Sala
Unit - 2: What Is News?
Chapter - 12: Hard News and Weak News
Chapter - 13: The Mystery of News
Chapter - 14: Early News Stories
Chapter - 15: Sensational, and Dull, Victorian News
Chapter - 16: The Old News Journalism
Chapter - 17: From Austerity to Shopping: News and the Modern World
Chapter - 18: Sex Stories: A Very Short History
Chapter - 19: Not Shagging but Shopping - New News Values?
Chapter - 20: News Now: Has it Changed?
Unit - 3: The Dirty Art of Political Journalism
Chapter - 21: Coming Home
Chapter - 22: The Daily Life of the Gallery Slaves
Chapter - 23: The Rise and Fall of the Straight Reporter
Chapter - 24: Bent and Twisted Journalism?
Chapter - 25: What is a Political Story?
Chapter - 26: An Incredibly Short History of the Lobby
Chapter - 27: What Political Journalists Do
Chapter - 28: Political Journalism Now: Are We Too Powerful?
Unit - 4: Lord Copper and His Children
Chapter - 29: Becoming an Editor
Chapter - 30: How Real Editors Edit
Chapter - 31: Enter Lord Copper, With a Heavy Tread
Chapter - 32: The First Mystery of the Proprietors
Chapter - 33: How to Read a Newspaper
Unit - 5: Into The Crowded Air
Chapter - 34: If the Face Fits . . .
Chapter - 35: The Clutter of Magic: How Broadcasters Do It
Chapter - 36: Whales and Elephants
Chapter - 37: From Stars to Soup: the ITN Revolution
Chapter - 38: 633 Squadron: Current Affairs and the Rise of the Reporter
Chapter - 39: The Mix
Chapter - 40: Interlude: from Home Service to Light Programme?
Chapter - 41: The Politics of Television
Unit - 6: Two Aristrocracies
Chapter - 42: One: Foreign Correspondents, and the Sin of Glamour
Chapter - 43: From Adventurers to Missionaries
Chapter - 44: The Natives Back Home: Selfish and Dim?
Chapter - 45: Good News Shock
Chapter - 46: Two: Columnists, from Pundits to Panderers
Chapter - 47: The Pundits
Chapter - 48: How to be a Columnist
Section - iii: Epilogue
Section - iv: Notes
Index - v: Index
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GOR001232681
9781405005371
1405005378
My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism by Andrew Marr
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