Specialist Journalism

by Barry Turner (Editor), Richard Orange (Editor)

Combining practical 'how to' skills with reflection on the place of each specialism in the industry, this guide features the skills needed to cover specialist areas, including writing match reports for sport, reviewing the arts, and dealing with complex information for science. The book will also discuss how specialist journalists have contributed to the mainstream news agenda, as well as analysing how different issues have been covered in each specialism, such as the credit crunch, global warming, national crime statistics and the celebrity culture in sport. Areas covered include:

Sport Business Politics Crime Environment Fashion Food Music Media Science Health Law Travel War Wine

Genres: Nonfiction, Journalism

228 pages, Hardcover

First published October 13, 2012

About the author

Barry Turner has been a full-time writer for 30 years. He has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in the field of politics, biography, travel and education, and is the author of over 20 books. He is a regular contributor to The Times as a book reviewer and serializer, and is the editor of the annuals The Writer's Handbook and The Screenwriter's Handbook.

Reviews

[Sk Badiruddin · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is contributed by many writers who are specialized in different area of journalism. It contains article on Sports journalism by Nick Spencer, Business journalism by Colm Murphy, Political journalism by Kevin Rafter, Crime reorting by Barry Turner, International journalism by Ben Mcconville and Kate Smith, Environmental journalism by Sarah Lonsdale, Automotive journalism by Andrew Noakes, Fashion journalism by Julie Bradford, Food journalism by Steve Jones and Ben Taylor, Music journalism by Paula Hearsum, Science journalism by Sophie Schunemann, Media reporting by Robert Whitaker, Legal affairs journalism by Richard Orange, Travel Journalism by Tim Hannigan, War reporting by Mark Nicholls and wine journalism by Geoff Adams. It has a directory of useful websites. I am proud that I was introduced in central library with this valuable book during my master degree course at the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.

[T · Rating 2 out of 5]

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