The social characteristics of U.S. journalists and their “best work

Journalism Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Beam, Randal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Content; Journalists; News; Production of news; Sociology of news

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249134462     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780701768428     Document Type: Article

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