ABSTRACT

This comprehensively revised and updated second edition of Fashion Journalism examines the vast changes within the industry and asks what they mean for the status, practices, and values of journalism worldwide.

Providing first-hand guidance on how to report on fashion effectively and responsibly, this authoritative text covers everything from ideas generation to writing news and features, video production, podcasting, and styling, including advice on how to stay legally and ethically safe while doing so. The book takes in all types of fashion content – from journalism to branded content, and from individual content creation to editorial for fashion brands. It explores their common practices and priorities, while examining journalists’ claim to special status compared to other content producers.

In conjunction with expanded theory and research, the book includes interviews with journalists, editors, bloggers, filmmakers, PRs, and brand content producers from the UK, the US, China, and the Middle East to offer all a student or trainee needs to know to excel in fashion journalism.

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction *

chapter 2|31 pages

Working in fashion journalism

chapter 3|27 pages

Fashion media and audiences

chapter 4|25 pages

The fashion industry

chapter 5|29 pages

Ideas, sources, and interviewing

chapter 6|22 pages

Writing fashion news and features

chapter 7|20 pages

Reporting the catwalk

chapter 8|20 pages

Reporting the trends

chapter 9|28 pages

Digital and social media

chapter 10|20 pages

Styling

chapter 11|21 pages

Video and podcasting

chapter 12|29 pages

Fashion bloggers and influencers

chapter 13|16 pages

Fashion journalism and PR

chapter 14|13 pages

Law and ethics

chapter 15|5 pages

Conclusion