The Global Journalist: News and Conscience in a World of Conflict

by Philip Seib

Book Overview

In many U.S. news organizations, international coverage is accorded minimal importance. The conventional wisdom seems to be that international reporting costs too much and does too little to win and keep an audience, and thus only sensational or government-highlighted incidents are reported. But does this meet standards of professional responsibility? Philip Seib says no. This provocative book argues that not only do U.S. news media have the duty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742511014
• ISBN13: 9780742511019
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.4"