TY  - BOOK
AU  - Andrew Marr
TI  - My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism
SN  - 9781509822522
U1  - 072 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Pan Books
KW  - Global Citizenship (BIN1064-N)
KW  - Nonfiction
KW  - Journalism
KW  - History
KW  - Biography
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Memoir
KW  - Politics
KW  - Writing
N2  - How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the mirror after the way they sometimes behave? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more. Andrew Marr's brilliant, and brilliantly funny, book is a guide to those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more. Andrew Marr tells the story of modern journalism through his own experience. This is an extremely readable and utterly unique modern social history of British journalism, with all its odd glamour, smashed hopes and future possibility
ER  -