Foreign Correspondents and International Newsgathering - The Role of Fixers (Hardcover)

This book reveals that 'fixers'-local experts on whom foreign correspondents rely-play a much more significant role in international television newsgathering than has been documented or understood. Murrell explores the frames though which international reporting has traditionally been analysed and then shows that fixers, who have largely been dismissed by scholars as 'logistical aides', are in fact central to the day-to-day decision-making that takes place on-the-road. Murrell looks at why and how fixers are selected and what their significance is to foreign correspondence. She asks if fixers help introduce a local perspective into the international news agenda, or if fixers are simply 'People Like Us' (PLU). Also included are in-depth case studies of correspondents in Iraq and Indonesia.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Journalism
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2015
Authors:	Colleen Murrell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-73335-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism
LSN:	0-415-73335-9
Barcode:	9780415733359

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