Newspaper Journalism

Are newspapers faced with an existential threat or are they changing to meetthe challenges of a digital world? With the newspapers role in a state offundamental... » 

Are newspapers faced with an existential threat or are they changing to meetthe challenges of a digital world? With the newspapers role in a state offundamental redefinition Newspaper Journalism offers a timely and up to theminute analysis of newspapers today in the context of their historicalimportance to society. Drawing on their extensive experience in academia andalso across local national mainstream and alternative newspapers Cole andHarcup write clearly and engagingly from both industry and scholarlyperspectives and contend that far from dying newspapers are doing what theyhave always done adapting to a changing environment.This text is essential reading for all students of the press withcomprehensive and critical coverage of the most important debates in the studyof newspaper journalism from ethics and investigative journalism to politicaleconomy and the future of the industry. Given the shifting boundaries andcentral importance of newspapers it will be of interest to all students ofjournalism and the media. «