Books, Reports & DVDs
Books
The Future of Journalism (2011) London: Routledge. The Future of Journalism, presents a collection of papers from the conference of the same name, hosted by the school in September 2009.
Journalism, Sources and Credibility; New Perspectives (2011) New York and London: Routledge (co-edited with Matt Carlson, St Louis University)
Journalism Education, Training and Employment (2011) New York and London; Routledge (co-edited with Donica Mensing, Nevada University)
The Future of Newspapers (2009) London: Routledge
Key Concepts in Public Relations (2009) London: Sage (with Horgan, Langley, Mosdell and Pill)
Pulling Newspapers Apart; Analysing Print Journalism (2008) London; Routledge
The Future of Newspapers (2008) London: Routledge
Key Concepts in Public Relations (2008) London: Sage
Local Journalism and Local Media; Making the Local News (2006) London: Routledge
Television Policy: The MacTaggart Lectures (2005) Edinburgh University Press 279pp May
Key Concepts in Journalism Studies (2005) (Co authored with Hamer, Hanna, Kinsey and Richardson) Sage 220pp May. Reprinted Indian edition (2006)
Packaging Politics: Political Communication in Britain’s Media Democracy (2004) London: Arnold Second Edition, 279pp
The New Handbook of Children’s Rights: Comparative Policy and Practice, (2002) Edited, London: Routledge 430pp
British Television Policy: A Reader (2001) London: Routledge 234pp
Social Policy, The Media and Misrepresentation (1999) Edited, London: Routledge, 288pp
Making The Local News: Local Journalism in Context (1998) Edited with David Murphy, London: Routledge, 274pp
Newszak And News Media (1997) London: Arnold, 308pp
The Handbook of Children’s Right: Comparative Policy and Practice (1995) Edited, London: Routledge, 248pp
Packaging Politics: Political Communications in Britain’s Media Democracy (1994) London: Edward Arnold, 256pp
Televising Democracies (1992) Edited, London: Routledge, 292pp
What News? The Market, Politics and The Local Press (1991) with David Murphy, London: Routledge, 229pp
Social Work The Media And Public Relations (1991) Edited with Nigel Parton, London: Routledge, 242pp
Rechten van Kinderen Rijkuniversiteit, (1989) Ghent: Ghent University Press, 112pp
Public Relations Activities In Local Government (1988) London: Charles Knight Ltd., 158pp
The Rights of Children (1986) Edited, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 237pp. Reprinted in Turkish as Cocuk Haklari Istanbul, Ayrinti Press, 1993, pp288
Book Series
Journalism Studies: Key Texts. I am co editor (With Martin Conboy and David Finklestein) of a new series of books to be published by Sage which focuses on journalism studies. The series will provide core texts for postgraduate and level 3 undergraduate courses in journalism, media and cultural/communication studies. A major ambition of the series is to combine scholarly and theoretical reviews of the journalism studies literature with the professional insights of practitioners.
Journalism, Media and Society. I am editing a series of books entitled Journalism, Media and Society which originate in the special issues of the journals Journalism Studies and Journalism Practice. To be launched in 2007, early volumes include Magazine Journalism and Journalism and Language.
Published Research Reports
Hard Pressed: National Newspaper Reporting of Social Work and Social Services, (1998) London: Reed Publications, 32pp
Public Perceptions and Appreciations of Party Political Broadcasts 1985-1994 (1994) A report commissioned by the ITC and ITV Network Centre, 28pp
The Battle For The Election Agenda: Constituency Party Campaigning And Local Press Reporting Of The 1987 and 1992 General Election Campaign (1994) Part 1 40pp and Part 2 26pp, Keele University Department of Politics Occasional Paper Series, Nos. 1 and 2
Ethics and Journalism in the British Setting, (1994) Gutersloh: Carl Bertelsmann Foundation, 67pp
Growing Up In A Traveller Community, (1993) with T Griffiths and T Arnold, West Yorkshire Travellers Project, Leeds: Save the Children Fund, 36pp
A Place Of Our Own: A Survey Of Leeds Travellers' Views On Sites And Their Provision (1991) Leeds: Save The Children Fund, 32pp
Government Reports
Monitoring the Public Experiment in Televising the Commons: The Final Report, (1990) with Jay Blumler in First Report of the Select Committee On Televising Of Proceedings HMSO Cmnd 265-1, pp8-68
Monitoring the Public Experiment in Televising the Commons: An Interim Report, (1990) with Jay Blumler in Report of the Select Committee on Televising of Proceedings: Minutes of Evidence, 8 May HMSO Cmnd 265 i-iv, pp4-41
Pamphlets
Tough on Soundbites, Tough on the Causes of Soundbites: New Labour and News Management (1998) London: Catalyst, pp.24
DVDs
The Media and War, with David Miller and Richard Keeble, Produced and Directed by Stephen Spencer, Sheffield Hallam University.