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Bringing together ten chapters by some of the most important scholars of literary journalism around the world, this book covers a range of topics that are key to understanding the role of literary journalism as both a practice and as a topic of academic study.
List of contents
List of ContributorsIntroduction: The Old Journalism
Kevin M. LernerPart I: What is Literary Journalism?Chapter 1: What Counts as Literary Journalism? A Case Study of
The WireRoberta S. Maguire and Miles MaguireChapter 2: Fields of Activity versus Genres in Literary Journalism: The Case of Comics Journalism in Brazil
Augusto PaimChapter 3: When Sources become Characters: Definers of Reality in Literary Journalism
Mateus Yuri PassosPart II: Storytellers and Subjects in Literary JournalismChapter 4: Helping to Give a Subject Their Voice: The Crafted Interview and Environmental Conservation Workers
Christina YinChapter 5: Advocacy, Ethics, and Objectivity: How Literary Journalism Addresses Moral Discomfort in the Reportage of Gender-Based Violence
Julie WheelwrightChapter 6: Making Their Place on the Bus: The Campaign Reportage of Nora Ephron, Gloria Steinem, and Joan Didion
Lori Amber RoessnerPart III: Literary Journalism and the Public SphereChapter 7: Journalists without Borders: Paul McGeough and War Reporting from the Front
Lindsay MortonChapter 8: Attitudes toward Authority: Profiling Celebrity Environmentalists in Style
Christine IsagerPart IV: Literary Journalism and the Future of the FieldChapter 9: Measuring Value: Student Perceptions of Literary Journalism's Potential to Promote a Liberal Education
Jeffrey C. NeelyAfterword
Bill ReynoldsIndex
About the author
Kevin M. Lerner is Associate Professor of Journalism and Chair of the Department of Communication, Marist College, USA.
Summary
Bringing together ten chapters by some of the most important scholars of literary journalism around the world, this book covers a range of topics that are key to understanding the role of literary journalism as both a practice and as a topic of academic study.
