The Journalist's Handbook

By Christopher Bronne and Christopher Browne

A handbook providing advice on how to acquire the skills needed for success in journalism, how to gain your first media post as well as some lively assignments to launch you on your career. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0713649496
• ISBN13: 9780713649499
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: A&C Black
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent starting-point for media hopefuls!

In this timely handbook, Christopher Browne (he is the SOLE author) gives a clear, upbeat and eminently readable account of the skills needed to become a journalist. A British journalist and broadcaster, Browne's light, hands-on approach makes a refreshing change from the dry, theoretical textbooks written by 'experts' in specialist fields. Though perhaps this is not surprising for a writer used to the adrenalin of deadlines. Browne quotes many real-life stories, such as the young reporter who had a habit of cancelling dates with his girlfriend if he thought a story was good enough to follow up. Another trainee who did occasional weekend shifts on the UK's Mail on Sunday ended up as the chief crime reporter on the Sunday Mirror. In a wittily named section, 'Living in Spin', The Journalist's Handbook tells you how to succeed in PR and spin-doctoring. There are also chapters with inside tips for the would-be radio and television broadcaster. If you are keen to join the media, or even going through an 'undecided' phase, this is the paperback for you. It even featured as my 'book at bedtime' before I managed to get a job offer as a writer on a weekly magazine. Highly recommended.