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The SAGE Key Concepts series provide students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding. Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension. Key Concepts in Journalism offers a systematic and accessible introduction to the terms, processes, and effects of journalism;a combination of practical considerations with theoretical issues; and further reading suggestions. The authors bring an enormous range of experience in newspaper and broadcast journalism, at national and regional level, as well as their teaching expertise. This book will be essential reading for students in journalism, and an invaluable reference tool for their professional careers.
April Fool
April Fool
Putting a fake story in newspapers and broadcast news on 1 April each year has a long and honourable history.
According to a 2002 study of such hoaxes by Alex Boese, a 1957 spoof by the respected BBC news programme Panorama tops the list of all-time greats. With his characteristic genial gravitas, presenter Richard Dimbleby reported that thanks to a mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. Hundreds of viewers rang in asking how to grow the trees and were advised ‘place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best’ (BBC, 2002). In fact, cameraman Charles de Jaeger, while working on another story, had draped ...