Introduction. Why Journalism and Orwell Matter
Part I. George Orwell: The Activist Journalist
Chapter 1. The Myth of Freedom: Orwell and the Press
Chapter 2. The Lasting in the Ephemeral: Assessing George Orwell’s ‘As I Please’ Columns
Chapter 3. George Orwell as War Correspondent: A Re-assessment
Part II. Making Journalism an Art: Literary Journalism Today
Chapter 4. Lynn (Demon) Barber: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of the Celebrity Profile
Chapter 5. Lara Pawson’s Genre-Busting Memoir – Gravitas and the Celebration of Unique Cultural Space
Chapter 6. John Tulloch: On the Importance of Mischief-Making
Part III. War, Peace and the Press: Yesterday and Today
Chapter 7. Information Warfare in an Age of Hyper-Militarism
Chapter 8. Operation Moshtarak and the Manufacture of Credible, 'Heroic' Warfare
Chapter 9. Giving Peace Journalism a Chance
Part IV. Scoops and Spooks: Journalism in an Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Chapter 10. Journalists and the Secret State
Chapter 11. Targeting Gaddafi: Secret Warfare and the Media
Chapter 12. Secrets and Lies: On the Ethics of Conflict Coverage
Biography
Richard Lance Keeble is Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln and Honorary Professor at Liverpool Hope University. Chair of the Orwell Society, he has written and edited 40 books. In addition, he has written more than 50 book chapters and over 30 academic journal articles.
"Richard Keeble is unusual among journalism academics. He thinks like that rare breed of journalist whose work is not subverted by corporatism. With Orwell as a guide, this imaginative, refreshing book illuminates why we should protect the best of our craft." - John Pilger
"Keeble offers a refreshing change to the extended monograph. By eschewing an overly rigid structure he also provides space for reflection, embellishing the relationship between Orwell’s own career and the journalistic problems which have persisted long after his death. On the whole, this is an important contribution to the study of British journalism." - Luke Young, Oriel College, Oxford University
"Richard Lance Keeble has over the years made an enormous contribution to Orwell Studies and more generally to the appreciation of the man’s involvement in British political and cultural life. He is, of course, the founder and joint editor of the journal George Orwell Studies, but as well as that he has made important interventions in our developing understanding of Orwell and his world. Only three of the essays in this collection deal with Orwell directly, although the rest of the volume is of considerable interest. The essays ‘John Tulloch: On the importance of mischief making’, ‘Information warfare in an age of hyper-militarism’, ‘Journalism and the secret state’ and ‘Targeting Gaddafi’ in particular are worth reading by anyone who regards Orwell’s concerns as having contemporary relevance. What of his three Orwell essays on ‘The Myth of Freedom’, on Orwell’s ‘As I Please’ columns and on ‘Orwell as war correspondent’. They are all required reading by anyone interested in the man and his work." - Professor John Newsinger, Bath Spa University
