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Special Correspondence and the Newspaper Press in Victorian Print Culture, 1850-1886 / by Catherine Waters.

3030038610
9783030038618
9783030038601 (print)
3030038602
9783030038625 (print)
3030038629

Springer International Publishing.

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

English

1 online resource (236 pages)

10.1007/978-3-030-03861-8 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-03

DA1-DA995

070.449

This book analyses the significance of the special correspondent as a new journalistic role in Victorian print culture, within the context of developments in the periodical press, throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. Examining the graphic reportage produced by the first generation of these pioneering journalists, through a series of thematic case studies, it considers individual correspondents and their stories, and the ways in which they contributed to, and were shaped by, the broader media landscape. While commonly associated with the reportage of war, special correspondents were in fact tasked with routinely chronicling all manner of topical events at home and abroad. What distinguished the work of these journalists was their effort to 'picture' the news, to transport readers imaginatively to the events described. While criticised by some for its sensationalism, special correspondence brought the world closer, shrinking space and time, and helping to create our modern news culture.

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