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Magazines are the most successful media format ever to have existed: so begins Magazine Journalism as it traces how magazines arose from their earliest beginnings in 1665 to become the ubiquitous format we know today. This book combats the assumptions among media academics as well as journalists that magazines somehow don't count, and presents a compelling assessment of the development and innovation at the heart of magazine publishing.

In magazines we find some of the key debates in journalism, from the genesis of 'marketing to the reader' to feminist history, subcultures and tabloidization. Embedding these questions in a thoroughly historical framework, Holmes and Nice argue for an understanding of magazine journalism as essential in the media landscape. Moving beyond the semiotic and textual analysis so favoured by critics of the past, the authors complete the story with an exploration of the production and consumption of magazines. Drawing on interviews with more than 31 magazine journalists across the industry, what emerges is a story of resilience, innovation and a unique ability to embrace new markets and readerships.

Magazine Journalism takes the reader to the heart of key questions in the past, present and future of journalism and is essential reading for students across media studies.

How can we make sense of the ongoing technological changes affecting journalism and journalists today?

Will the new digital generation break down barriers for journalism, or will things just stay the same?

These and other pertinent questions will be asked and explored throughout this exciting new book that looks at the changing dynamics of journalism in a digital era. Examining issues and debates through cultural, social, political and economic frameworks, the book gets to grip with today's new journalism by understanding its historical threats and remembering its continuing resilience and ability to change with the times. In considering new forms of journalistic practice the book covers important topics such as:

• truth in the new journalism

• the changing identity of the journalist

• the economic implications for the industry

• the impact on the relationship between the journalist and their audience

• the legal framework of doing journalism online.

Vibrant in style and accessible to all, Digital Journalism is a captivating read for anyone looking to understand the advent of a new journalism that has been altered by the latest digital technologies.

Este libro es un viaje al interior del periodismo literario, del que se regresa con la sensación de que los textos profundos y bien escritos serán los que le devuelvan la relevancia y la dignidad a un oficio que parece haberlas perdido en los últimos tiempos. En estas páginas se encuentra una visión crítica y rigurosa del periodismo, así como una defensa apasionada de la crónica, el reportaje y la entrevista como géneros literarios; y de la investigación, la vivencia y la empatía como maneras de hallar la noticia.

El autor reúne las técnicas de la narrativa de ficción y analiza cómo se pueden aplicar —y, por qué no, doblegar— las rígidas reglas que debe seguir todo aquel que relata historias reales, sin renunciar a la veracidad ni a la noticia. De manera didáctica y amena, recurriendo a pertinentes y brillantes fragmentos escritos por los maestros de la literatura de no-ficción, se abordan las estrategias que, por una parte, construyen un texto capaz de atrapar al lector y, por otra, influyen en la manera de transmitir la realidad.

Entender los códigos literarios y periodísticos, dominar las herramientas narrativas, educar la mirada ante el mundo para después saber plasmarla y leerla en los medios, son las potentes armas con las que nos dota este ensayo. Se trata, al fin y al cabo, de obtener la lucidez necesaria para no ceder ante en la manipulación informativa, para ser libres a la vez que fieles a la realidad.