My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism by Andrew Marr
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My Trade
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First book from one of the highest profile journalists in the UK
My Trade Summary
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
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
20040902
416
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