This text provides students with an introduction to journalism, bringing together academic research and professional perspectives to provide an overall view of the industry and the people that operate within it. An ideal starting-point for anyone thinking of becoming a journalist or studying courses on the subject.About the Author: KEVIN WILLIAMS currently lectures in the Department of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. He is shortly to move to Swansea University as Professor of Media and Communication. He is the author of Get Me a Murder A Day! A History of Mass Communication in Britain and A Student's Guide to Media Theory, both published by Arnold.