REVIEW: An important book for young journalism academics

What is Journalism? The Art and Politics of a rupture, by Chris Nash. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. 247 pages. ISBN 978-1-137-39933-5 CHRIS NASH wrestles with ideas with rare intensity. His new book What is Journalism takes something so familiar to us, journalism, and peels back layer after lay...

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Main Author: Kayt Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pacific Media Centre 2017-07-01
Series:Pacific Journalism Review
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Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/318
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spelling doaj-4eb3efe8bc3440c79e91cd681656b8642020-11-25T03:07:34ZengPacific Media CentrePacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352017-07-0123110.24135/pjr.v23i1.318REVIEW: An important book for young journalism academicsKayt Davies0Edith Cowan UniversityWhat is Journalism? The Art and Politics of a rupture, by Chris Nash. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. 247 pages. ISBN 978-1-137-39933-5 CHRIS NASH wrestles with ideas with rare intensity. His new book What is Journalism takes something so familiar to us, journalism, and peels back layer after layer of assumptions about what makes it singular and distinctive and what gives it parity with the other academic disciplines. More importantly though this book is a how-to guide for best-practice journalists and journalism academics looking for a lexicon to describe journalism work in a methodological way.https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/318academic journalismanalysisexegesishabitusinvestigative journalismjournalism
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series Pacific Journalism Review
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publishDate 2017-07-01
description What is Journalism? The Art and Politics of a rupture, by Chris Nash. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. 247 pages. ISBN 978-1-137-39933-5 CHRIS NASH wrestles with ideas with rare intensity. His new book What is Journalism takes something so familiar to us, journalism, and peels back layer after layer of assumptions about what makes it singular and distinctive and what gives it parity with the other academic disciplines. More importantly though this book is a how-to guide for best-practice journalists and journalism academics looking for a lexicon to describe journalism work in a methodological way.
topic academic journalism
analysis
exegesis
habitus
investigative journalism
journalism
url https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/318
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