Vocational Studies in Journalism / / Robert F. Harrel, Walter B. Pitkin.

Presents data from a survey of one hundred and seventy-three newspaper employees and two hundred and ninety-one journalism students on issues such as editorial judgement and the journalism profession.

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1931]
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Year of Publication:1931
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part I. Editorial Judgment by Walter B. Pitkin
  • I. Prelude
  • II. The Appraisal of News
  • III. How Local Interest Influences Judgments of News Value
  • IV. News Values as Revealed in a First-Page Make-Up
  • V. How Journalists Appraise Rumors
  • VI. Intercorrelations Between Various Standardized Non-Journalistic Tests
  • VII. Conclusions
  • Part II. Factors Making for Success in Journalism - A Study of the Careers of Five Hundred Successful Journalists by Robert Frank Barrel
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Origin of the American Journalist
  • III. Entrance into the Profession
  • IV. The Course Upward
  • V. Education of the Journalist
  • VI. Evidences of Maladjustment
  • VII. The Future Journalist
  • Index