Check It Out!: Great Reporters on What It Takes to Tell the Story

by Art Athens

Book Overview

Stories with no substance. Talking heads without a clue. "Team" coverage that still misses the big picture. Overheated hype. Cute chatter. Film at eleven. Is it any wonder more and more of us count less and less on the news?

"It used to be that a news story told you who, what, where, when, how, and why," Art Athens writes. "Now the story might tell you who, or it might tell you when, but there's a good chance that when it's over (which won't...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823223531
• ISBN13: 9780823223534
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"