My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism - Softcover

Marr, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330411926 ISBN 13: 9780330411929

Publisher: Pan, 2005

Synopsis

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarrassing things? Who earns what? This book presents the modern social history of British journalism.

About this title

Book Description:

A journalistic memoir from one of the most recognisable TV news correspondents in the UK

Synopsis:

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarrassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the mirror after the way they sometimes behave? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more. Andrew Marr's brilliant, and brilliantly funny, book is a guide to those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more. Andrew Marr tells the story of modern journalism through his own experience. This is an extremely readable and utterly unique modern social history of British journalism, with all its odd glamour, smashed hopes and future possibility.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0330411926
• ISBN 13: 9780330411929
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430