Journalistic construction of news: information gathering
Abstract
Describes the work carried out at doctoral level which investigated the ways in which journalists construct environmental news in Scotland. Focuses on the methods and tacit rules which reporters employ to locate, select and retrieve information for news stories. Journalists retrieve information from a complex range of sources. Addresses the information sources which are used in the news process. Examines the preference for human sources as opposed to library‐based information and discusses the influence of pragmatic constraints like time and space on the production of news.
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Citation
Campbell, F. (1997), "Journalistic construction of news: information gathering", New Library World, Vol. 98 No. 2, pp. 60-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809710159330
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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