Sourcing the News (Paperback)

Foreword, Elihu Katz. INTRODUCTION: ALL CHANGE? A Period of Changes. The Newspapers. Growth of Newspapers. Book Structure. STUDYING SOURCE WORK AND NEWS WORK. Reporters as the Optimal Links in the News Chain. Reporters as Problematical Witnesses of their Own Work. Established Methods and News Work. Reconstruction Interviews. Course of the Interviews. Findings and Calculations. Conclusion. OBTAINING NEWS DATA AS A TWH-PHASE PROCESS. The Characteristics of News Phases. The Two-Phase Process and Literture. The Two-Phase Process and Journalistic Practice. Results. Conclusion. WHO INITIATES THE NEWS? Initiative and Reporter Source Relations. The Process Model. Technology as an Indicator for Initiative. Results.