Alternative journalism, alternative voices / by Tony Harcup.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Harcup, Tony.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 186 p.

Table of Contents

Foreword: local journalism, radical reporting and the everyday / by Chris Atton -- Alternative media, alternative voices. Introduction: from "native reporting" to "native researching" -- An insurrection in words: East End voices in the 1970s -- The alternative local press: a critical overview -- A Northern star: Leeds other paper and the alternative press 1974-1994 -- The alternative local press -- Reporting from the ground up: alternative journalism in practice. "The unspoken" said: the journalism of alternative media -- It wasn't all about Arthur: alternative media and the miners' strike -- Reporting the voices of the voiceless during the miners' strike: an early form of "citizen journalism" -- Alternative media activists: motivations and reflections. "I'm doing this to change the world": journalism in alternative and mainstream media -- Citizens in the newsroom: democracy, ethics and journalism -- Alternative journalism as active citizenship -- Alternative media today and tomorrow. Alternative journalism: oppositional reporting in practice.