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My Trade

A Short History of British Journalism

By Andrew Marr

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How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to looContinue

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the mirror after the way they sometimes behave? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more. Andrew Marr's brilliant, and brilliantly funny, book is a guide to those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more. Andrew Marr tells the story of modern journalism through his own experience. This is an extremely readable and utterly unique modern social history of British journalism, with all its odd glamour, smashed hopes and future possibility.

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  • Mirror writing

    My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism by Andrew Marr 385pp, Macmillan, £20 What would publishing houses do without the memoirs of former newspaper editors? Well, they would probably take fewer financial hits for a start. Though we journalis ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • A hack's history

    My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism by Andrew Marr Pan £7.99, pp300 If only historians' prose had half as much spring in its step, and if only journalists' copy was half as scholarly. Andrew Marr's masterful history of British journalism, ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • ISBN-10: 033047619X
  • ISBN-13: 9780330476195
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Pub date: Sep 18, 2009
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD and Audio Cassette
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