A scribbling tribe: Reporting political scandal in Britain and Spain

Journalism

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-476

  Sanders, Karen ^a   Canel, María José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Britain; Comparative research; Fourth estate; Investigative journalism; Journalists; Political scandal; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949127007     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884906068362     Document Type: Article

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