Alternative Journalism, Alternative Voices - Harcup, Tony. (New York, NY : Routledge, 2013)
Foreword: local journalism, radical reporting and the everyday / by Chris Atton -- Alternative media, alternative voices. Introduction: from "native reporting" to "native researching" -- An insurrection in words: East End voices in the 1970s -- The alternative local press: a critical overview -- A Northern star: Leeds other paper and the alternative press 1974-1994 -- The alternative local press -- Reporting from the ground up: alternative journalism in practice. "The unspoken" said: the journalism of alternative media -- It wasn't all about Arthur: alternative media and the miners' strike -- Reporting the voices of the voiceless during the miners' strike: an early form of "citizen journalism" -- Alternative media activists: motivations and reflections. "I'm doing this to change the world": journalism in alternative and mainstream media -- Citizens in the newsroom: democracy, ethics and journalism -- Alternative journalism as active citizenship -- Alternative media today and tomorrow. Alternative journalism: oppositional reporting in practice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Journalism, regional -- Great Britain