A Handbook of Journalism: Media in The Information Age

Journalism as a discipline is becoming increasingly important today. It has to contend with new challenges such as the explosion of social media, heightened commercial competition in the mainstream media and the emergence of the media as a powerful actor in public policy and governance. The confluence of these factors calls for fresh thinking about the teaching and practice of journalism.

A Handbook of Journalism: Media in the Information Age not only helps readers to understand today’s media environment but also prepares them to face the existing challenges. Distinguished editors, experts, academics and journalists join to examine these challenges from various angles, including some of the major contemporary trends, issues and processes in governance, institutions, administration and development, among others. The book fairly and objectively discusses a critical discipline that is at the crossroads.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction: New Challenges, New Roles/V. Eshwar Anand. I. Editors’ Experiences: 1. The Last Word/B. G. Verghese. 2. Playing Little Games/Hiranmay Karlekar. 3. Credibility Is the Key/H. K. Dua. 4. Reaching Out to People/Hari Jaisingh. 5. Coping with the Times/Dileep Padgaonkar. 6. Who Gives a Damn?/Raj Chengappa. II: Digital and New Media: 7. Online Challenges/Charusudan Kasturi. 8. The Talking Point/Ranjona Banerji. 9. Old Dynamics, New Approaches/Pooja Valecha. 10. Multimedia Mosaic/Sushobhan Patankar. III: Media Laws: 11. Free Speech/Soli J Sorabjee. 12. Elections and the Media/S. Y. Quraishi. 13. Risky Choice/Shashikala Gurpur. IV: Special Areas: 14. The Sanctum Sanctorum: Edit Page Specialisation/V. Eshwar Anand. 15. Keeping Confidences: Political Reporting/Neerja Chowdhury. 16. Monetised Media: Media Ethics/Kamlendra Kanwar. 17. Blurring the Lines: Visual Journalism/Gagan Prakash and Manju Singh. 18. The Probing Mind: Research in Journalism/Ruchi Jaggi. 19. The Big Story: Investigative Journalism/Abhay Vaidya. 20. Areas of Neglect: Media and Development/H. K. Dua. 21. Partner of Development: Development Journalism/V. Eshwar Anand. 22. On the Ecological Footprint: Media and Environment/K Jayanthi. 23. Smart Initiatives: Smart Cities/Yogesh Patil, Sneha Kumari and Gahana Gopal. V: Reporting and Editing: 24. Keeping It Simple: Techniques of Editing/Vinaya Hegde. 25. Word Artist at Work: Subeditor’s Role/Amar Chandel. 26. Newsmakers at The Statesman: Desk’s Duties/Uttam Sen. 27. Chasing the Story: Reporter’s Responsibilities/Uttam Sengupta. 28. The Adventure of Reporting: Reporting and Writing/Ramesh Menon. Bibliography. Index.