Mastering Beats in Journalism (Specialized Reporting, Editing and Emerging Technologies in the Digital Era), Ist Edition

ForewordbyBill Hinchberger¹

Sometimes doing responsible and meaningful journalism can be a heroic act. I hope that this volume, edited by my colleagues, Surbhi Dahiya and Shambhu Sahu, will encourage more people to take up the heroic path.

Even in traditionally democratic countries, such as my native, the USA, attacks on journalists are on the rise. ‘Arrests of journalists [in the US last year] skyrocketed by more than 1200% in comparison to 2019’, according to the Freedom of the Press Foundation.³ While this might be news in places like my home state of California, it seems too much like business as usual in many parts of the world. ‘Attacks ...