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The Human Journalist Reporters, Perspectives, and Emotions
Jim Willis
Afterword by Col. Ann Norwood, M.D., Mary Walsh, and Penny Owen
Book Code: C7283
ISBN: 0-275-97283-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97283-7
176 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2003
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Awards:
  • Choice Outstanding Academic Titles, 2004
Reviews:
  • One of the most comprehensive and well-written accounts about journalistic orientations ever published....Essential. All journalism and media studies collections, academic and public.
    —Choice     June 2004
Description: Willis examines the many orientations and perspectives of reporters that gather and present the news of the day. Debunking the notion that there are limited perspectives journalists may use, Willis examines up to 15 different orientations that reporters bring to their work. These perspectives run the gamut, from the traditional approach of distancing oneself completely from events and people involved to becoming part of the story's fabric to ascertain the story's true essence. Willis also suggests that, for many stories, it is wholly appropriate for journalists to feel what a non-professional would experience at such an event, and to allow those emotions to fuel the reporting and writing of the story. Several examples are discussed in detail, including the coverage of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Journalist's World
  • The Evolution of Journalism
  • Seeking the Best Seat in the House
  • Objectivity and Subjectivity
  • Writer/Reader Dynamics
  • Journalists and Emotions: From Oklahoma City and Beyond
  • Scientific Journalism
  • The Human Journalist
  • Journalists and Traumatic Stress
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2003053566
LCC Class: PN4771
Dewey Class: 070
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