Meltzer, Kimberly.

TV news anchors and journalistic tradition: how journalists adapt to technology / Kimberly Meltzer - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - 215 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The emergence of television journalists and the rise of the anchor -- Appearance, personality, and emotion of newsroom anchors -- The impact and consequences of anchors' appearance, personality, and emotion -- How journalism restores order when its borders of practice are crossed -- Conclusion: what community discussion about anchors reveals about journalism.

9781433108969 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Television Journalists--United States.
Television Broadcasting of news--United States.

070.195 / MEL/T