Visual Journalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780230360211)

David Machin is Professor of Media and Communication at ﾖrebro University, Sweden. He writes and researches mainly on critical discourse analysis and multimodality and has published ten books across these areas. His recent books include How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis: A Multimodal Approach (2012) and Analysing Popular Music (2010). He is the co-editor of two international peer reviewed journals, Social Semiotics and Journal of Language and Politics, and is associate editor of the online community SemiotiX.

Lydia Polzer is a freelance magazine designer, journalist and photojournalist. She also presents lectures on magazine design, layout and production for journalism post- and undergraduates at Brunel University and has lectured at City University in the past. She's a winner of the UNESCO and The Independent World Press Freedom Award (2007) and winner of the public choice Deeper Perspective (UK) category of the International Photography Awards (2007). She regularly attends design meetings at a major publishing house and has up to date insights into the world of magazine and newspaper design. The visual presentation of news and feature content is part of her day-to-day working life and she will be able to add a first-hand practical dimension to the book.
David Machin is Professor of Media and Communication at ﾖrebro University, Sweden. He writes and researches mainly on critical discourse analysis and multimodality and has published ten books across these areas. His recent books include How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis: A Multimodal Approach (2012) and Analysing Popular Music (2010). He is the co-editor of two international peer reviewed journals, Social Semiotics and Journal of Language and Politics, and is associate editor of the online community SemiotiX.

Lydia Polzer is a freelance magazine designer, journalist and photojournalist. She also presents lectures on magazine design, layout and production for journalism post- and undergraduates at Brunel University and has lectured at City University in the past. She's a winner of the UNESCO and The Independent World Press Freedom Award (2007) and winner of the public choice Deeper Perspective (UK) category of the International Photography Awards (2007). She regularly attends design meetings at a major publishing house and has up to date insights into the world of magazine and newspaper design. The visual presentation of news and feature content is part of her day-to-day working life and she will be able to add a first-hand practical dimension to the book.