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Overview"News Values is a concise, powerful statement of the fundamental issues, ethical and practical, confronting newspapers today. Jack Fuller not only makes those issues clear, but offers a provocative new perspective on questions journalists should be asking themselves now in order to prepare for tomorrow. ""Every talk show host should read this book. So should every newsroom cynic. . . . 'Pursuit of truth is not a license to be a jerk.' In all too many newsrooms, that statement would resound like a three-bell bulletin.""—Martin F. Nolan, New York Times Book Review ""[News Values] ought to be required reading not just for those who work for newspapers, but for all those who read and care about them. . . . [This book] seems destined to become one of those slim but important volumes people read for a long time to come.""—Richard J. Tofel, Wall Street Journal ""Fuller stays above the fray [of the many books on the media]: His is a deeply intellectual approach, one that provides serious context to the highly complicated issue of how the news 'works.'""—Duncan McDonald, Chicago Tribune Books ""News Values has the touch and feel of knowledgeable, authentic caring about the kind of journalism than can help make society more cohesive, even human."" —""Monitor's Pick,"" Christian Science Monitor" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jack FullerPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 1.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.20cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780226268804ISBN 10: 0226268802 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 08 November 1997 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA combination textbook and inspirational message to working and would-be journalists. Fuller is publisher of the Chicago Tribune, a Pulitzer Prize - winning editorial writer, lawyer, novelist (Our Fathers' Shadows, 1987, etc.) and one-time beat reporter. For better and for worse, he edits out none of these points of view in News Values. Fuller offers nuts-and-bolts advice concerning the confidentiality of sources and the use of tape recorders, even as he muses on the nature of truth and mounts an impassioned defense of the written word. It may strike some as too large a stew of ideas, violating Fuller's credo that newspapers hoping to survive into the 21st century must provide a coherent . . . report of the things people need to know in order to live in an increasingly complicated world. Still, journalists and newspaperphiles willing to wade through the jumble will be rewarded with precisely those elements that Fuller says readers look for in their dailies: knowledge rather than just facts, perhaps even a little wisdom. He offers solid advice on ways to write balanced stories even in an era when the myth of objectivity has been exploded, and he suggests approaches to new journalism that do not violate the cardinal rules of the old. Even as he tells reporters to get the spelling of names right, he's reminding them not to forget the higher ideals of their calling. Fuller's book about newspaper writing and editing could have used a good editor. However, following his rules of intellectual honesty and balance, the other side of the coin must be stated: Like the best newspapers, Fuller's book provides information that matters. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationJack Fuller was editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his journalism. He served as special assistant to Edward H. Levi in the Department of Justice. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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