Andrew MarrMy Trade
A Short History of British Journalism
Acknowledgements
i: Acknowledgements Section
ii: Preface Unit
1: The Snobs and the Soaks Chapter
1: Who are Journalists? Chapter
2: Early Journalists Chapter
3: How Journalists First Became Powerful Chapter
4: The Rise of the Political Hack Chapter
5: The Overreachers Chapter
6: Literary Journalism Chapter
7: Getting In: Local Papers and the Rise of the Modern Reporter Chapter
8: When Fleet Street was Fleet Street Chapter
9: Intellectuals Chapter
10: Journalism's Private Class System Chapter
11: Mazer, Our Sala Unit
2: What Is News? Chapter
12: Hard News and Weak News Chapter
13: The Mystery of News Chapter
14: Early News Stories Chapter
15: Sensational, and Dull, Victorian News Chapter
16: The Old News Journalism Chapter
17: From Austerity to Shopping: News and the Modern World Chapter
18: Sex Stories: A Very Short History Chapter
19: Not Shagging but Shopping
New News Values? Chapter
20: News Now: Has it Changed? Unit
3: The Dirty Art of Political Journalism Chapter
21: Coming Home Chapter
22: The Daily Life of the Gallery Slaves Chapter
23: The Rise and Fall of the Straight Reporter Chapter
24: Bent and Twisted Journalism? Chapter
25: What is a Political Story? Chapter
26: An Incredibly Short History of the Lobby Chapter
27: What Political Journalists Do Chapter
28: Political Journalism Now: Are We Too Powerful? Unit
4: Lord Copper and His Children Chapter
29: Becoming an Editor Chapter
30: How Real Editors Edit Chapter
31: Enter Lord Copper, With a Heavy Tread Chapter
32: The First Mystery of the Proprietors Chapter
33: How to Read a Newspaper Unit
5: Into The Crowded Air Chapter
34: If the Face Fits . . . Chapter
35: The Clutter of Magic: How Broadcasters Do It Chapter
36: Whales and Elephants Chapter
37: From Stars to Soup: the ITN Revolution Chapter
38: 633 Squadron: Current Affairs and the Rise of the Reporter Chapter
39: The Mix Chapter
40: Interlude: from Home Service to Light Programme? Chapter
41: The Politics of Television Unit
6: Two Aristrocracies Chapter
42: One: Foreign Correspondents, and the Sin of Glamour Chapter
43: From Adventurers to Missionaries Chapter
44: The Natives Back Home: Selfish and Dim? Chapter
45: Good News Shock Chapter
46: Two: Columnists, from Pundits to Panderers Chapter
47: The Pundits Chapter
48: How to be a Columnist Section
iii: Epilogue Section
iv: Notes Index
v: Index
