1st Edition
Business and Financial Journalism in the Arab World Currency and Value of News Reporting in the Middle East and North Africa
1. Introduction; 2. The transformation of business and financial journalism in MENA; 3. Financial and business journalism and news sources; 4. The [lack of] expertise in finance and business journalism; 5. Vive la petite différence! Gender and the production of financial news; 6. Counting on journalistic professionalism; 7. Statistics in data in financial and business news; 8. Social media, audiences and business news; 9. Conclusion and the Challenges Ahead; Index
Biography
Faisal Alaqil is an Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Mass Communication Department at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Jairo Lugo-Ocando is the Dean of the College of Communication of the University of Sharjah, U.A.E.
"An important book looking at the challenges and opportunities of covering business and finance in the Middle East, an area of increasing importance in the global economy but a region that would benefit from independent journalistic scrutiny."
-- Steve Schifferes, Marjorie Deane Professor of Financial Journalism, City University of London, UK
