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Specialized Reporting and Writing: Crime Reporting
Opinion Writing (JMC:3400:0001) Crime Reporting (JMC:3400:0002) Books: Fiction & Nonfiction (JMC:3400:0004)
Opinion Writing
Crime Reporting
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Reporting Crime: The Media Politics of Criminal Justice
by
Philip Schlesinger; Howard Tumber
Call Number: At Main Library (PN5124.C74 S35 1994)
ISBN: 9780198258391
Publication Date: 1994-09-15
Headline Justice
by
Theo Wilson
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4874.W64 A3 1996)
ISBN: 1560251085
Publication Date: 1996-11-20
News, Crime and Culture
by
Maggie Wykes
Call Number: ONLINE. Print copy also available At Main Library (PN5124.C74 W95 2001)
ISBN: 9781849645324
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Specialist Journalism
by
Sharon Wheeler (Editor); Barry Turner (Editor); Richard Orange (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780203146644
Publication Date: 2011-09-12
Crime, Fear, and the Law in True Crime Stories
by
Anita Biressi
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781403913593
Publication Date: 2001
Environmental Crime and the Media: News Coverage of Petroleum Refining Industry Violations
by
Melissa L. Jarrell
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781593322823
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Media and Crime: Fiction and Journalism
by
Agger, Gunhild & Waade, Anne Marit
Call Number: At Main Library (PN1993 .N67 v.9 2011)
ISBN: 001696118
Publication Date: 2011
Race, Crime and the Media
by
Robert Bing
Call Number: At Main Library (P96.C74 R334 2010 )
ISBN: 9780073401560
Publication Date: 2009-10-12
Sex Crime and the Media
by
Chris Greer
Call Number: At Main Library (PN5124.S44 G74 2003)
ISBN: 1843920042
Publication Date: 2003-06-01
Media, Process, and the Social Construction of Crime
Call Number: At Main Library (P96.C74 M43 1994 )
ISBN: 0815312598
Publication Date: 1994-02-01
Recent Titles
The Investigative Reporter's Handbook: A Guide to Documents, Databases and Techniques
by
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. Staff; Brant Houston
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4781 .R38 2009)
ISBN: 9780312589974
Publication Date: 2008-12-03
Boundaries of Journalism: Professionalism, Practices and Participation
by
Matt Carlson (Editor); Seth Lewis (Editor)
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4756 .B68 2015)
ISBN: 9781138017849
Publication Date: 2015-03-12
Course Materials - Books
Understanding Crime Statistics
by
James P. Lynch (Editor); Lynn A. Addington (Editor)
Call Number: At Main Library (HV6787 .U52 2007)
ISBN: 9780521862042
Publication Date: 2006-12-04
Cartoon Guide to Statistics
by
Larry Gonick; Woollcott Smith
Call Number: At Marvin A Pomerantz Business Library (QA276.12 .G67 1993 )
ISBN: 9780062731029
Publication Date: 1993-07-14
The Functional Art
by
Alberto Cairo
ISBN: 9780321834737
Publication Date: 2012-08-22
Computer-Assisted Reporting
by
Brant Houston
ISBN: 9780765642196
Publication Date: 2014-11-21
Field Guide to Covering Local News
by
Fred Bayles
ISBN: 9781608710010
Publication Date: 2011-10-16
Online Reference Resources
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
by
David Levinson (Compiled by, Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780761922582
Publication Date: 2002-03-18
Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime
by
Eric W. Hickey (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780761924371
Publication Date: 2003-07-22
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
by
Helen Taylor Greene; Shaun L. Gabbidon
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781412971928
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
by
Mary Bosworth (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780761927310
Publication Date: 2004-12-15
Encyclopedia of Journalism
by
Christopher H. Sterling (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780761929574
Publication Date: 2009-09-25
A Dictionary of Journalism
by
Tony Harcup
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780199646241
Publication Date: 2014-07-08
Keywords in News and Journalism Studies
by
Zelizer
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780335240821
Publication Date: 2010-01-05
The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism
by
Stuart Allan
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780203869468
Publication Date: 2009-12-01
Course Materials - Articles
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Academic Search Elite
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Alt-Press Watch
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AP Stylebook Online
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Associated Press Collections Online
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ComAbstracts
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Communication and Mass Media Complete
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Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism in C19
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Factiva
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Google Scholar
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LexisNexis Academic (now called Nexis Uni)
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Ulrichsweb
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WorldCat
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World News Connection (East View version)
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Select Journals/Publications
American Journalism Review
The Atlanta Review of Journalism History
British Journalism Review
Broadcasting & Cable
Columbia Journalism Review
Communication Research
CQ Researcher
Critical Studies in Mass Communication
Journalism
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
The Journalism Educator
Journalism History
Journalism Practice
Journal of Communication
Journal of Communication Inquiry
Mass Communication & Society
Online Journalism Review
Pacific Journalism Review
PJR Reports
The St. Louis Journalism Report
Washington Journalism Review
Select Articles
One Kind of a Crime Reporter
The question of crime: How much does the public have the right to know?
The influence of community structure on crime news coverage: structural pluralism, ethnic diversity, and local crime news
The media's reporting of war crimes trials and its impact on post-conflict democracy in Sierra Leone and Liberia
The Effects of Melodramatic Animation in Crime-Related News
The Emotional Representation of Sexual Crime in the National British Press
There's No Place Like Home
The Reporting of Crime and Violence in the Los Angeles Times: Is There a Public Health Perspective?
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