ABSTRACT

Recounting is something we all do naturally and journalists are really just professional ‘recounters’. Their job is to recount facts about a situation in which they usually haven’t been involved themselves. There are, of course, exceptions already mentioned, when journalists can plan ahead to be in newsworthy locations, as is often the case with specialist war, culture, politics or sports reporters, or to place themselves into an ongoing news situation, such as the aftermath of an earthquake, burst dam, explosion, political scandal, etc.