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Background Information & Reference Sources

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Combines the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia. Includes sections on Communication, Cinema & Media Studies, and a sub-section on Journalism.

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Terminology

Keywords in News and Journalism Studies [electronic resource] by Stuart Allan; Barbie Zelizer
McGraw-Hill Education, 2010.

Copy? Lede? Masthead? Muckraking? Tagline? This e-book offers definitions to terms used within professional journalism.

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Library Liaison to Journalism

Tierney Gleason

she/her/hers

Contact:

Rose Hill Campus | Walsh Family Library | Room 129
tgleason11@fordham.edu

718.817.3574

Subjects: Library & Information Science

Library Liaison to Journalism

Jane Suda

she/her

Contact:

Rose Hill Campus
Walsh Family Library
Room 128

jsuda@fordham.edu

718-817-3587

Subjects: Library & Information Science

Journalism: Background Sources & Books

Welcome to the Journalism Research Guide

Coming Soon!! New Tips to Find Books & Articles with OneSearch

Background Information & Reference Sources

Searching For Books Outside Fordham Libraries

Terminology

Books on Digital Reserve

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Library Liaison to Journalism

Library Liaison to Journalism

Reference & Instruction Department