News Foundation

Author: Shen Guoai, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: This book is titled "Fundamentals of Journalism" for the following two reasons: First, it covers the broad basic scope of journalism, including the exposition of general principles of journalism and an introduction to some aspects of the history of journalism, as well as the principles and knowledge of applied journalism such as reporting, writing, editing, reviewing, and photography, with a wide coverage. Second, its target readers are mainly college and university students who have just entered the field of journalism, journalists and public relations workers, as well as socially engaged individuals interested in journalism. The purpose is to give them a preliminary understanding and overall impression of journalism before they delve deeper into the various branches of the discipline.