War correspondent - second edition.

Drawing on interviews with war reporters such as Maggie O'Kane, John Pilger and Christiane Amanpour, this work looks at the changing nature of war reportage, including transformations in technology, the gender profile and the star system.

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Main Author: Mclaughlin, Greg
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Pluto Press, 2016
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I: The War Correspondent in Historical Perspective; 2 The War Correspondent: Risk, Motivation and Tradition; 3 Journalism, Objectivity and War; 4 From Luckless Tribe to Wireless Tribe: The Impact of Media Technologies on War Reporting; Part II: The War Correspondent and The Military; 5 Getting to Know Each Other: From Crimea to Vietnam; 6 Learning and Forgetting: From the Falklands to the Gulf; 7 Goodbye Vietnam Syndrome: The Embed System in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  • Part III: The War Correspondent and Ideological Frameworks8 Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order; 9 Reporting the 'War on Terror' and the Return of the Evil Empire; 10 Conclusions: 'Telling Truth To Power'
  • the Ultimate Role of the War Correspondent?; Appendices; Appendix 1 International Press Institute: Recommendations to News Organisations for Improving Journalists' Safety; Appendix 2 The 'Surviving Hostile Regions' Course for War Correspondents; Appendix 3 British Ministry of Defence (MoD) Green Book Guidelines for the British Media Reporting the Gulf War, 1991.
  • Appendix 4 US Military Ground Rules for Media Reporting of the Gulf War, 1991Appendix 5 US Department of Defense (DoD) Public Affairs Guidance (2003) for Embedded Reporters; Appendix 6 British Ministry of Defence (MoD) Green Book, 2013: Working Arrangements with the Media for Use Through the Full Spectrum of Conflict; Appendix 7 British Newspaper Descriptions of President Putin During the Crimea Crisis, 21 February-20 March 2014; Appendix 8 British Newspaper Descriptions of President Putin's Policies and Actions During the Crimea Crisis, 21 February-20 March 2014; Notes; Bibliography; Index.