In a time of uncertainty and change in the newspaper industry, this book provides an overview of the field, looking back at newspapers' history, and forward to their future - and insisting there can be one. It is suitable for a range of courses on newspapers.
A powerful story that offers a much-needed perspective on the lives of women of color during wartime America
Focusing on the evolution and future of the newspaper industry, this book offers a detailed examination of its history and current practices. It addresses key topics such as the definition of news, ownership dynamics, readership trends, and the impact of new media. Authored by former journalists turned educators, the text is designed to be accessible and informative, making it ideal for various academic courses related to journalism and media studies.
"Close-Up on War tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the Vietnam War's few woman photographers, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in the 20-year conflict. Despite being told that women didn't belong in a "man's world," she was cool under fire, gravitated toward the thickest battles, went along on the soldiers' slogs through the heat and mud of the jungle, crawled through rice paddies, and became the only official photojournalist to parachute into combat with American soldiers. Later, Leroy was gravely wounded from shrapnel, but that didn't keep her down more than a month. When captured by the North Vietnamese in 1968, she talked herself free after photographing her captors, scoring a cover story in Life magazine. A recipient of the George Polk Award, one of the most prestigious awards in journalism, Leroy was one of the most well-known photographers in the world during her time. In addition to texts by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists Peter Arnot and Nick Ut, the book includes a preface, author's note, endnotes, bibliography, timeline, and index"-- Provided by publisher