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Covering Violence: A Guide to Ethical Reporting About Victims & Trauma
Roger Simpson
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Description for Covering Violence: A Guide to Ethical Reporting About Victims & Trauma
Hardback. A guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible reporter. Discussing such topics as rape and the ethics of interviewing children, it gives students and journalists a better understanding of what is happening "on the scene" of a violent event, including where a reporter can go safely and legally, and how to obtain the useful information. Num Pages: 305 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD; JFFE; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
Reporting on violence is one of the most problematic features of journalistic practice-the area most frequently criticized by the public and those on the receiving end of that coverage. Now in its second edition, Covering Violence remains a crucial guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible reporter. Discussing such topics as rape and the ethics of interviewing children, the book gives students and journalists a detailed understanding of what is happening "on the scene" of a violent event, including where a reporter can go safely and legally, how to obtain the most useful information, and how best to interview and ... Read more
Reporting on violence is one of the most problematic features of journalistic practice-the area most frequently criticized by the public and those on the receiving end of that coverage. Now in its second edition, Covering Violence remains a crucial guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible reporter. Discussing such topics as rape and the ethics of interviewing children, the book gives students and journalists a detailed understanding of what is happening "on the scene" of a violent event, including where a reporter can go safely and legally, how to obtain the most useful information, and how best to interview and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231133920
SKU
V9780231133920
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99-1
About Roger Simpson
Roger Simpson has been a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and the Detroit Free Press and was the founding director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the University of Washington. He is the coauthor of Unionism or Hearst: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Strike of 1936 and An Evening at The Garden of Allah: A Gay Cabaret in ... Read more
Reviews for Covering Violence: A Guide to Ethical Reporting About Victims & Trauma
[Simpson and Cote] offer a revised doctrine: that journalists at an accident or a disaster refrain from commando tactics and even try to be helpful, that victims should get respect and scrupulous coverage...and that journalists themselves can become secondary victims. Columbia Journalism Review