Statistics for Journalists

Lugo's much needed new book, Statistics for Journalists, is a guide to making effective use of statistics to produce, support or illustrate news stories. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of the theories and techniques behind the use of statistics by journalists, reporters and other media professionals, explaining what statistics are for and when they can be used. The book also assesses the implication of statistics' increasing importance for the news agenda. With a balance between practical guidance and analysis of the competing methods, Statistics for Journalists will appeal to students of Journalism and Media Studies requiring an introduction to statistical analysis.

Politics & Social Sciences

Lugo-Ocando, Jairo

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Lugo's much needed new book, Statistics for Journalists, is a guide to making effective use of statistics to produce, support or illustrate news stories. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of the theories and techniques behind the use of statistics by journalists, reporters and other media professionals, explaining what statistics are for and when they can be used. The book also assesses the implication of statistics' increasing importance for the news agenda. With a balance between practical guidance and analysis of the competing methods, Statistics for Journalists will appeal to students of Journalism and Media Studies requiring an introduction to statistical analysis.

Nguyen, An

Developing News: Global journalism and the coverage of "Third World" development

Routledge

The News Media in Puerto Rico (Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies)

Computers & Technology

Subervi-Vélez, Federico

Rodríguez-Cotto, Sandra

Graphics & Design

Product Description The News Media in Puerto Rico offers a synopsis as well as a critical analysis of the Island’s news media system, with emphasis on the political and economic factors that most influence how the media operate. The authors also document the impact of Hurricane Maria on the media structures and the changing media landscape given the political, economic and colonial strictures. Building on interviews with news media professionals, the book further presents detailed insights about journalism and journalism education in these times of crises. The final chapters include theoretical frameworks and methodological guidelines for the analysis of other colonial, post-colonial and neo-colonial media systems, with research recommendations valuable for future studies of the Island’s media as well as for cross-national comparisons. This book will be an essential read for students and scholars interested in learning not only about the Puerto Rican and Latin American mass media, but also the media systems of other colonial/neo-colonial countries. About the Author Federico Subervi-Vélez is Honorary Associate/Fellow of the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Communication. The research for this book was developed while he was Visiting Leverhulme Professor at the School of Media & Communication at the University of Leeds in 2018.Sandra Rodríguez-Cotto is an investigative journalist, licensed Public Relations professional, author, and publishes regularly in her blog En Blanco y Negro con Sandra, in which she often writes about the media in Puerto RicoJairo Lugo-Ocando is a Professor in Residence and Director of Executive and Graduate Education at Northwestern University in Qatar. He is author of several books and publication focused on the media in Latin America and was a practicing journalist before going into the academia.

Developing News sets out to describe how development is articulated in the news and used by newspeople as an analytical category to explain the world. It is about examining development as a discourse that is based on the harmful contrast between the developed and the developing (or the underdeveloped) and that sets the boundaries for what is permissible to say. Jairo Lugo-Ocando and An Nguyen begin by discussing the news coverage of development that emerged as a news category for newspapers and broadcasters after World War II. They move on to examine the way development has been reported by the mainstream media, exploring the rationales and ideologies that determined and continue to define the way the media think about and represent development in the news. In doing so, the authors contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between the news agenda, news sources and the development policies that are set in the centres of power. This book is ideal for those studying and researching and studying issues to do with journalism and the "Third World". It may also be relevant for those students taking courses in global or international journalism, media and democracy, development studies or international politics. Above all, it is an invitation for journalists to rethink their own practice in representing international development and its component.

Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty

Poverty, it seems, is a constant in today's news, usually the result of famine, exclusion or conflict. In Blaming the Victim, Jairo Lugo-Ocando sets out to deconstruct and reconsider the variety of ways in which the global news media misrepresent and decontextualise the causes and consequences of poverty worldwide. The result is that the fundamental determinant of poverty - inequality - is removed from their accounts. The books asks many biting questions. When - and how - does poverty become newsworthy? How does ideology come into play when determining the ways in which 'poverty' is constructed in newsrooms - and how do the resulting narratives frame the issue? And why do so many journalists and news editors tend to obscure the structural causes of poverty? In analysing the processes of news production and presentation around the world, Lugo-Ocando reveals that the news-makers' agendas are often as problematic as the geopolitics they seek to represent. This groundbreaking study reframes the ways in which we can think and write about the enduring global injustice of poverty.

Pluto Press

Poverty, it seems, is a constant in today's news, usually the result of famine, exclusion or conflict. In Blaming the Victim, Jairo Lugo-Ocando sets out to deconstruct and reconsider the variety of ways in which the global news media misrepresent and decontextualise the causes and consequences of poverty worldwide. The result is that the fundamental determinant of poverty - inequality - is removed from their accounts.The books asks many biting questions. When - and how - does poverty become newsworthy? How does ideology come into play when determining the ways in which 'poverty' is constructed in newsrooms - and how do the resulting narratives frame the issue? And why do so many journalists and news editors tend to obscure the structural causes of poverty?In analysing the processes of news production and presentation around the world, Lugo-Ocando reveals that the news-makers' agendas are often as problematic as the geopolitics they seek to represent. This groundbreaking study reframes the ways in which we can think and write about the enduring global injustice of poverty.

Business and Financial News in the Arab World: Currency and Value of Journalism in the Middle East and North Africa

Business & Money

Alaqil, Fisal

Finance

I.B.Tauris

This book offers a comparative exploration of how journalists across different newsrooms around the world access and interpret statistics when producing stories related to crime. Looking at the nature of news sources regularly used by journalists, Lugo-Ocando analyses how these numbers are used to report crime. As the author argues, far from being straightforward, the relationship between numbers and journalists in the context of crime reporting is complex, and at times, problematic. Because the reporting of crime statistics impacts upon policymaking, we need to better understand how these statistics are used and reported in order to improve the process of decision. Finally, Lugo-Ocando maintains that the only way to create a fairer justice system and a better-informed general public is by improving the way crime is covered in the news. A compelling and informed text, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of criminology and journalism alike.

Crime Statistics in the News: Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation

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Statistics for Journalists

Statistics for Journalists

Developing News: Global journalism and the coverage of "Third World" development

The News Media in Puerto Rico (Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies)

The News Media in Puerto Rico (Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies)

Developing News: Global journalism and the coverage of "Third World" development

Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty

Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty

Business and Financial News in the Arab World: Currency and Value of Journalism in the Middle East and North Africa

Crime Statistics in the News: Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation