num_pages: 300
description: How do you decide what is a "story" and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more. Andrew Marr's brilliantly funny book is a guide for those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more.
language: English
title: My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism
titlecomplete: My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism
genres: Writing, Autobiography, Politics, Nonfiction, Journalism, History, British Literature, Biography
ratings_count: 362
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Orwell Prize
publisher: Macmillan UK