1st Edition

How Journalism Uses History

Edited By Martin Conboy Copyright 2012
142 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

How Journalism Uses History examines the various ways in which journalism uses history and historical sources in order to better understand the relationships between journalists, historians and journalism scholars. It highlights the ambiguous overlap between the role of the historian and that of the journalist, and underlines that there no longer seems to be reason to accept that one begins... Read more

Preface Bob Franklin

Foreword Anthony Delano

1. How journalism uses history Martin Conboy

2. A Reservoir of Understanding: Why journalism needs history as a thematic field Horst Pöttker

3. Are Journalists Always Wrong: And are historians always right? Chris Daley

4. Teaching Journalism History to Journalists Andie Tucher

5. Broadsheets, Broadcasts and Botany Bay: History in the Australian media Bridget Griffen-Foley

6. The Presence of the Past: The uses of history in the discourses of contemporary South African journalism Herman Wassermann

7. Framing Revolution and Re-framing Counter Revolution: History, context and journalism in the new left-wing Latin American paradigm Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Olga Guedes Bailey and Andres Cañizalez

Biography

Martin Conboy is Professor of Journalism History at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is also co-director of the Centre for the Study of Journalism and History based in Sheffield. Research interests include the representation of national identity, popular journalism and celebrity culture. He is the author of six books on the language and history of journalism and is on the editorial boards of Journalism Studies, Media History, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism and Memory Studies. He is also co-editor of the book series Journalism Studies: Key Texts.