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End of the deadline Harvey Tyson

End of the deadline By Harvey Tyson

End of the deadline by Harvey Tyson


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Summary

Harvey Tyson has followed the dictates of his 'itch' to write for over 70 years. He is probably best remembered for his byline in many respected newspapers, in SA and abroad, when he was a full-time news journalist for 44 years - particularly as editor-in-chief of the Johannesburg Star for 16 years in the days of apartheid South Africa.

End of the deadline Summary

End of the deadline by Harvey Tyson

The book is part follow-on of Tyson's easy to read and fascinating autobiography The Other Side - Behind the News 1 where the reader is taken on a vicarious, and often humorous, journey through the landmark South African and world events he witnessed on his watch. But it is much more than that, too. Unpacking the history of the printed press - and its imminent demise, hence the book's title - and the challenges that have and always will face the Fourth Estate, this book is a must-read for any journalist or student of journalism. Tyson also expounds on his vision of the future of credible online journalism and stresses the importance of online news portals and content providers subscribing to the tried-and-tested credos and ethics of leading printed newspaper brands such as The New York Times.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - The nature of the beast: 1. Setting the scene; 2. Press mogul pisses on the people; 3. Profile of a journalist; 4. Household names in the writing trade; 5. Mischievous misprints; 6. Dangerous misprints; 7. Best writing: fiction or non-fiction?; 8. Reports from a green and pleasant land; Part 2 - Telling it like it is: 9. A fearful spectacle, defying censorship; 10. Journalists' eyewitness accounts; 11. The Dead Hand; 12. The Berlin Wall; 13. In the fog: Wat ye Tyler and other Stirring Tales; 14. Africa's greatest war; 15. Master spy and global murders; 16. 'The bravest editor in the cemetery'; 17. The Times vs. 'Jack the Ripper' Part 3 - Past and the future of the press: 18. Pulitzer and the birth of 'popular' newspapers; 19. The Press Barons who wanted to be Emperors; 20. US Champions of press freedom; 21. The man who saved South Africa's 'black' press; 22. The price of true and constant independence; 23. Beware the disguised enemy within; 24. Murdoch the mighty media manager ... Mmmm; 25. It depends how you use 'Independence'; 26. When 'independence' becomes a fake; 27. How the Past could affect the world's Future; 28. Online investigators bring down the President; 29. In search of a place to talk freely; 30. Conflict and the Press; 31. The end of mainstream newspapers; 32. The future of journalism; Index; Acknowledgements.

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NPB9780639937809
9780639937809
0639937802
End of the deadline by Harvey Tyson
New
Paperback
Publishing Print Matters
2018-11-18
352
N/A
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