[eccr] BOOKS: SEPTEMBER 11 AND JOURNALISM PRACTICE

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SEPTEMBER 11 AND JOURNALISM PRACTICE
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As the world remembers the tragic events of September 11, 2001, it will be
hard to switch on a television, read a newspaper, listen to the radio or
surf the web without reliving the terrorist attacks which devastated
America.

The events certainly changed the face of journalism forever. A wealth
of new books are now available that investigate, analyse and catalogue
every aspect of the day the World Trade Center collapsed and the aftermath,
as seen through the eyes of journalists. Here is a round-up of some that
are available:  



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JOURNALISM AFTER SEPTEMBER 11

by Barbie Zelizer
(Routledge)

For many journalists September 11 has decisively recast their sense of the
world around them. The familiar notions of what it means to be a journalist,
how best to practice journalism, and what the public can reasonably expect
of journalists in the name of democracy, have been shaken to their
foundations.

Journalism After September 11 examines how the traumatic attacks of that day
continue to transform the nature of journalism, particularly in the United
States and Britain.
It brings together an internationally respected group of scholars and media
commentators to explore journalism's present and future by engaging with
such pressing issues as trauma, free-speech, censorship, patriotism,
impartiality and celebrity.

It raises vitally important questions regarding what journalism can and
should look like today. In providing answers, it addresses topics such as:
journalism and public  life at a time of crisis; the role of sources in
shaping the news; reporting by global news media, such as CNN; current
affairs broadcasting; news photography and trauma; the emotional well-being
of reporters; as well as host of pertinent issues around news, democracy and
citizenship.



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WOMEN JOURNALISTS AT GROUND ZERO:
COVERING CRISIS

by Judith L. Sylvester, Suzanne Huffman
(Routledge)

Women Journalists at Ground Zero tells the stories of more than 20 women
journalists who reported from New York City, Washington DC and the
Pittsburgh area during and following the September 11 terrorist attacks on
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Recounting their professional and personal experiences in reporting a
disaster of great magnitude, these television, radio, newspaper, magazine,
and photojournalists - from local reporters to journalists and producers at
major media organisations like CNN, ABC,NBC, CBS, the New York Times, and
Associated Press - show us how the news happened



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WAR OF WORDS

by Sandra Silberstein
(Routledge)

The author, a professor of English at the University of Washington in
Seattle, is an applied linguist who analyses the role of language in
creating national identity and public consensus. Her new book, War of Words,
is a report from the linguistic battlegrounds  to show how Americans created
consensus in the face of terror. Capturing the campaigns for America's
hearts , minds, wallets and votes, she traces the key cultural conflicts
that surfaced after the attacks.



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COVERING CATASTROPHE:
BROADCAST JOURNALISTS REPORT SEPTEMBER 11

by Allison Gilbert, Robyn Walensky, Melinda Murphy, Phil Hirschkorn,
Mitchell Stephens
(Bonus Books Chicago)

This book offers accounts by broadcast journalists from New York,
Pennsylvania and Washington DC, of their experiences covering the events of
September 11, 2001. It reveals what it was like for TV and radio
professionals to report the most terrifying story of their lives. Some of
them got so close to disaster that they feared for their lives. Candid
first-hand accounts take the readers to Ground Zero in New York, as well as
to the crash sites in Pennsylvania and Washington. Covering Catastrophe will
be of interest to journalism students as well as general readers.



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09/11 8:48 am: 
DOCUMENTING AMERICA'S GREATEST TRAGEDY

by Ethan Casey
(Booksurge)

New York University Department of Journalism students and professors, and
Blue Ears editors have collected an anthology of accounts by survivors,
first-hand witnesses and people less directly affected by the events of
September 11. A Ugandan high school student, an airline pilot,
photographers, writers and others offer their personal, wide-ranging
reactions to the tragedy.



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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 
A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPERS FRONT PAGES BY THE POYNTER INSTITUTE

(Andrews McMeel Publishing)

Moments after news of the terrorist attacks flashed across TV sets and
computer screens, editors at newspapers around the world began framing some
of the most dramatic pages in history.
The Poynter Institute has selected a collection of 145 pages published on
the day of the attacks and the day after. AMP, The Poynter Institute, the
Associated Press and all newspapers involved  will donate all royalties and
profits from the book to The September 11th Fund.



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RUNNING TOWARD DANGER:
STORIES BEHING THE BREAKING NEWS OF 9/11

by Newseum, Alicia Shepard, Cathy Trost, Tom Brokaw
(Rowman and Littlefield)

Collected here are first-person stories of more than 100 reporters and
photographers who raced to the scenes of the terrorist attacks at the World
Trade Center, the Pentagon and in rural Pennsylvania. The book documents how
journalists overcame daunting logistical and emotional challenges to report
a shaken world and the implications of the new century's most terrifying
moments. It includes details about the marathon high-wire work of the
network anchors and the stories of ordinary journalists who put themselves
in harm's way to report the story.

For more information, visit the European Journalism Centre website at
<http://www.ejc.nl>

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