Reporting the european union: An analysis of the brussels press corps and the mechanisms influencing the news flow

Journalism Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-119

  Raeymaeckers, Karin ^a   Cosijn, Lieven ^a   Deprez, Annelore ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Eu correspondents; Eu journalism; European public sphere; Newsflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994174205     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780601078894     Document Type: Article

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