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The Environment and the Press: From Adventure Writing to Advocacy (Medill Visions of the American Press)
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Product Description
This history of environmental journalism looks at how the practice now defines issues and sets the public agenda evolving from a tradition that includes the works of authors such as Pliny the Elder, John Muir, and Rachel Carson. It makes the case that the relationship between the media and its audience is an ongoing conversation between society and the media on what matters and what should matter.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #189483 in Books
- Published on: 2008-07-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
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- ISBN13: 9780810124035
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Mark Neuzil is a professor in the department of communication and journalism at the University of St. Thomas and the coauthor of Mass Media and Environmental Conflict, A Spiritual Field Guide, Views on the Mississippi, and Writing Across the Media. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Russell E. Train is the chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund, the former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the author of Politics, Pollution, and Pandas. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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A broad-ranging press history
Journalism professor Mark Neuzil's history of environmental journalism is comprehensive and entertainingly written, combining an unusually inclusive look at the field's roots with interesting historical anecdotes and examples. A hunter himself, Neuzil fills a gap by noting the importance of hook-and-bullet and farm writing - as well as the more classic nature writing - in the development of the field. There's a provocative chapter on journalists as prophets, and the book ranges from Izaak Walton to the website Grist. This is not a "how-to" book on the craft of environmental journalism but it is an excellent overview of its development.
