Action-packed travel? Yes. But analysis? Forget it.

In journalism, combining investigative reporting with autobiography at a substantial level of proficiency can be extremely difficult. Along with intelligence, tenacity and a highly developed ‘nose for news’, the ability to recognise your own relative unimportance in almost every situation being rep...

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Publicado: Asia Pacific Network 2010
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:77e1223b91db4dc4acde0769aec658e72021-12-02T12:52:38ZAction-packed travel? Yes. But analysis? Forget it.10.24135/pjr.v16i2.10421023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/77e1223b91db4dc4acde0769aec658e72010-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1042https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 In journalism, combining investigative reporting with autobiography at a substantial level of proficiency can be extremely difficult. Along with intelligence, tenacity and a highly developed ‘nose for news’, the ability to recognise your own relative unimportance in almost every situation being reported upon is critical. Unfortunately this collection of stories inverts what should be every journalist’s priorities. What might have been an informative account of events in the South Pacific over the last few decades instead becomes a disappointing, disjointed list of the experiences of one well-travelled storyteller. Scott MacWilliamAsia Pacific Networkarticleconflict reportingethnic conflictembedded journalismenvironmental journalismforeign correspondenceCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 16, Iss 2 (2010)
institution DOAJ
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topic conflict reporting
ethnic conflict
embedded journalism
environmental journalism
foreign correspondence
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle conflict reporting
ethnic conflict
embedded journalism
environmental journalism
foreign correspondence
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Scott MacWilliam
Action-packed travel? Yes. But analysis? Forget it.
description In journalism, combining investigative reporting with autobiography at a substantial level of proficiency can be extremely difficult. Along with intelligence, tenacity and a highly developed ‘nose for news’, the ability to recognise your own relative unimportance in almost every situation being reported upon is critical. Unfortunately this collection of stories inverts what should be every journalist’s priorities. What might have been an informative account of events in the South Pacific over the last few decades instead becomes a disappointing, disjointed list of the experiences of one well-travelled storyteller.
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