Writing on the Move
Albert Londres and Investigative Journalism
©2004
Monographs
274 Pages
Series:
European Connections, Volume 8
Summary
Albert Londres (1884-1932) was a much-translated French investigative journalist, distinguished by the application of humour to serious reporting. His journalistic coverage was extremely wide (Europe, Soviet Russia, the Middle East, the Far East, Africa, South America), as were his themes: war, revolution, racism, prison and asylum conditions, the slave trade, colonialism, sport. This study compares and contrasts Londres with other globetrotting reporters from France, Britain and the USA who deal courageously and innovatively with history in the making. The approach is historical, sociological and rhetorical. The author investigates the shifting borderline between journalism and literature and critically examines the numerous clichés about, and by, journalists.
Details
- Pages
- 274
- Publication Year
- 2004
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039101573
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Londres, Albert readership Enthüllungsjournalismus investigative journalism journalism as literature role of humour reporter
- Published
- Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Wien, 2004. 274 pp., 4 ill.
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