Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - i: AcknowledgementsSection - ii: PrefaceUnit - 1: The Snobs and the SoaksChapter - 1: Who are Journalists?Chapter - 2: Early JournalistsChapter - 3: How Journalists First Became PowerfulChapter - 4: The Rise of the Political HackChapter - 5: The OverreachersChapter - 6: Literary JournalismChapter - 7: Getting In: Local Papers and the Rise of the Modern ReporterChapter - 8: When Fleet Street was Fleet StreetChapter - 9: IntellectualsChapter - 10: Journalism's Private Class SystemChapter - 11: Mazer, Our SalaUnit - 2: What Is News?Chapter - 12: Hard News and Weak NewsChapter - 13: The Mystery of NewsChapter - 14: Early News StoriesChapter - 15: Sensational, and Dull, Victorian NewsChapter - 16: The Old News JournalismChapter - 17: From Austerity to Shopping: News and the Modern WorldChapter - 18: Sex Stories: A Very Short HistoryChapter - 19: Not Shagging but Shopping - New News Values?Chapter - 20: News Now: Has it Changed?Unit - 3: The Dirty Art of Political JournalismChapter - 21: Coming HomeChapter - 22: The Daily Life of the Gallery SlavesChapter - 23: The Rise and Fall of the Straight ReporterChapter - 24: Bent and Twisted Journalism?Chapter - 25: What is a Political Story?Chapter - 26: An Incredibly Short History of the LobbyChapter - 27: What Political Journalists DoChapter - 28: Political Journalism Now: Are We Too Powerful?Unit - 4: Lord Copper and His ChildrenChapter - 29: Becoming an EditorChapter - 30: How Real Editors EditChapter - 31: Enter Lord Copper, With a Heavy TreadChapter - 32: The First Mystery of the ProprietorsChapter - 33: How to Read a NewspaperUnit - 5: Into The Crowded AirChapter - 34: If the Face Fits . . .Chapter - 35: The Clutter of Magic: How Broadcasters Do ItChapter - 36: Whales and ElephantsChapter - 37: From Stars to Soup: the ITN RevolutionChapter - 38: 633 Squadron: Current Affairs and the Rise of the ReporterChapter - 39: The MixChapter - 40: Interlude: from Home Service to Light Programme?Chapter - 41: The Politics of TelevisionUnit - 6: Two AristrocraciesChapter - 42: One: Foreign Correspondents, and the Sin of GlamourChapter - 43: From Adventurers to MissionariesChapter - 44: The Natives Back Home: Selfish and Dim?Chapter - 45: Good News ShockChapter - 46: Two: Columnists, from Pundits to PanderersChapter - 47: The PunditsChapter - 48: How to be a ColumnistSection - iii: EpilogueSection - iv: NotesIndex - v: Index

About the Author

Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and has since enjoyed a long career in political journalism, working for the Scotsman, the Independent, the Daily Express and the Observer. From 2000 to 2005 he was the BBC’s Political Editor. He has written and presented TV documentaries on history, science and politics, and presents the weekly Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC1 and Start the Week on Radio 4. Andrew lives in London with his family. Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and has since enjoyed a long career in political journalism, working for the Scotsman, the Independent, the Daily Express and the Observer. From 2000 to 2005 he was the BBC’s Political Editor. He has written and presented TV documentaries on history, science and politics, and presents the weekly Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC1 and Start the Week on Radio 4. Andrew lives in London with his family.