Journalism

Journalism refers to mass-communication activities involving the collection and publication of news-related material for general and special segments of society.
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British Tabloids
British Tabloids provide their readers a heady concoction of gossip, entertainment and news.

Journalism – Today’s Hot Cup As Career Drink
For journalism career aspirated boiling cups, there are good news and happenings in the field of Journalism today. Just mean it - Journalism is a big business today.

Journalism Squeezed As Censors Close in on Satellite Channels
Arab governments are seeking to censor existing satellite TV channels. By Ian Black

Journalists Quit Over Censorship
A group of journalists at a state-controlled broadcast news agency in Russia have resigned en masse in one of the few open rebellions in recent years against censorship imposed by the Kremlin.

The Readers' Editor on ... The Rights and Wrongs of Journalism Under Pressure
Any time now a book of these columns, drawn from the 350 or so I have written over the past decade, is to be published by Guardian Books under the title Journalism Right and Wrong. By Ian Mayes

The Readers' Editor on ... Mayhem at Breakfast As Things Fall Apart
There are mistakes in our journalism and then there are mistakes in our crosswords. By Ian Mayes

Cheating Charge - in University Ethics Exam
Columbia faces inquiry into journalism course - Students told to attend meeting, or be failed

Dream On, Self-righteous Leftists and Angry Neocons
The dazzling journalism of the New York Review of Books is enough to shame the vanities of its British imitators. By Martin Kettle

The Media Have Yet to Harness the Power of Citizen Journalism
The London bombings were the first domestic news story where the most significant coverage came from people at the scene - via mobile phones - rather than from established news outlets. By Emily Bell

Obituary: Anne Sacks
Making a difference in journalism and politics.

Getting to Grips With the Challenges of Citizen Journalism
As more readers choose to send us material and demand the ability to interact in increasingly sophisticated ways, we'll need to develop better systems for gathering and presenting all this material and showcasing the best of it.

The Secret Life of Stories
A strong introduction can lift a novel - but it's even more vital in journalism.

THE MILLER MARTYRDOM: Antihero of American Journalism
Seemingly timed for a lull in the news cycle, Times reporter Judith Miller was released from prison under curious circumstances. The source she was allegedly protecting (VP Chief of Staff Scooter Libby) claims he waived protection over a year ago. Come on, Judy, tell us the truth.

Yahoo! Hires Top Journalist to Tour World's Danger Areas
"One man. A World of Conflict." That is how the internet portal Yahoo! is announcing its move into the world of war reporting. Hiring one of the world's best-known war correspondents is seen as a move by Yahoo! to widen its horizons and challenge traditional media companies

We Are Scaring Ourselves Into Crouching Inactivity
To engage people in finding solutions, we need journalism that informs. Jackie Ashley

Obituary: Deborah Hutton
Vivacious and gifted writer who pioneered health journalism.

Obituary: Professor Kenneth Fielding
A distinguished Dickens scholar, he devoted his time to the study of the author's working papers, turning up newly identified journalism.

America's Top Paper Rethinks Its Journalism
Broader reporting needed to offset liberal opinions.

Tributes for 'gonzo' Writer Hunter S Thompson
He created a new style of journalism, bequeathed us the phrase "fear and loathing", was played on screen by Johnny Depp and Bill Murray, kept a peacock as a watchdog and claimed to have first seen President Bush passed out in a bathtub in a Texas hotel.

The press we deserve?
Ian Mayes: The readers' editor on ... home thoughts about the state of British journalism. The response of Guardian journalists to the debate initiated by John Lloyd's critique of the British press has been mixed.

Father of Photo-journalism, Cartier-bresson, Dies at 96
Henri Cartier-Bresson, whose instantly recognisable images graced magazines and newspapers around the world, has died aged 96. The shy, intense Frenchman, regarded as the founding father of photo-journalism, died on Monday at Isle sur la Sorgue, in the south of France, according to French...

A Sense of Community
Ian Mayes, the readers' editor, on ways in which the Guardian goes beyond the bounds of journalism.

Hard-hitting Journalism
As reporters converge on the Turkish border to cross into the Kurdish enclave of northern Iraq, Jason Burke meets one of his heroes, has a chat with one of Iraq's villains and ends up punching a fellow gentleman of the press.

'He simply and innocently blew journalism apart'
Matthew Engel first bumped into Frank Keating one summer's day in Northamptonshire. For much of the 30 years since he has been a friend, colleague and, most of all, an admirer. 'He was at once evocative, nostalgic and very, very fresh'.

The Changing Environment of Journalism
Open door: The readers' editor Ian Mayes on the changing environment of journalism. I am in the process of trying to gather a few thoughts for the introduction to the second book of Corrections and Clarifications which, I hope, will come out later this year. Like the first, which we published a couple of years ago, it will contain a selection of corrections of our more risible errors and 40 or 50 of these weekly columns.

Beware the Silly Season
It is a convention of journalism that August should be silly. The month is meant to be quiet - a time when newspapers, starved of copy, turn to trivia.

General: It's irrelevant
The recent flap over Mike Piazza's sexual orientation is another example of how irresponsible journalism is leading sports fans astray.