Sourcing the news
Subtitle: key issues in journalism--an innovative study of the Israeli press
By: Zvi Reich.
Series: Hampton Press communication series. Mass communication and journalism
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cresskill, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781572738621; 9781572738638
Subjects: Reporters and reporting -- Israel; Attribution of news; Journalism -- Technological innovations -- Israel; Journalism -- Israel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: all change?; title: A period of changes; title: The newspapers; title: Growth of newspapers; title: Book structures; title: Studying source work and news work; title: Reporters as the optimal link in the news chain; title: Reporters as problematical witnesses of their own work; title: Established methods and news work; title: Reconstruction interviews; title: Course of the interviews; title: Findings and calculations; title: Obtaining news data as a two-phase process; title: The characteristics of news phases; title: The two-phase process and literature; title: The two-phase process and journalistic practice; title: Who initiates the news?; title: Initiative and reporter-source relations; title: The process model; title: Technology as an indicator for initiative; title: The sources of news; title: The number of sources; title: Established sources; title: Various types of sources; title: The lure of senior sources; title: The lure of spokespersons; title: Leaks: the [ab] normal disclosure; title: What makes a leak?; title: The methodological dilemma; title: New technologies, old practices; title: Do technologies matter?; title: The journalistic "specialization" of technologies; title: Different species of reporters; title: Format and news work practices; title: News beats and journalistic work; title: Three "midi-cultures"; title: Conclusion: stability in the midst of change; title: Stability and news production; title: The significance of news practices; title: News reporting and efficiency; title: Epistemologies of news reporting; title: Comparability and representativeness; title: Three required steps.