Associated Press Coverage of a Major Disaster: The Crash of Delta Flight 1141

by Thomas Fensch

Originally published in 1989. This diary of a news event looks at how the reporting happened as spread by the news wire system of the Associated Press service in America. Analysing the flow of information in this detailed way, this book presents how a major disaster, a fast-moving story with considerable spin, was fed out to the press via the Dallas bureau in 1988. Introductory chapters outline the workings of a press bureau office during a major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805805184
• ISBN13: 9780805805185
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 11.0"