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Hold the Press
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Hold the Press

The Inside Story on Newspapers
PaperbackPaperback
EUR19,50

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The Inside Story on Newspapers: Hold the Press goes a long way toward revealing the foibles and strengths of America's newspapers, large and small. An enjoyable book that dispels myth about how the press works and why occasionally it doesn't.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-8071-2190-0
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
FormatTrade paperback (US)
PublisherLSU Press
Publishing date01/05/1996
EditionRevised edition
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 129 mm, Height 220 mm, Thickness 15 mm
Weight313 g
Article no.21504427
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A1091385
Product groupBU786
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Author

John Maxwell Hamilton, a former journalist and government official, is the Hopkins P. Breazeale LSU Foundation Professor of Journalism in the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. He has authored or edited many books, including Journalism's Roving Eye and Manipulating the Masses, both of which won the Goldsmith Book Prize.

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