ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the story which launched the #MeToo movement is analysed, in print and TV forms, to highlight the similarities and differences between journalism for these two platforms, and to compare TV news with other forms of live studio and recorded production. The chapter illustrates how a dominant design of news – the inverted pyramid news report – emerged at the start of the twentieth century, as journalism became professionalised and news organisations attempted to differentiate “legitimate”, “objective” reporting from partisan and sensationalist journalism. The chapter shows that although the basic division of labour – between reporter, correspondent, editor, copy editor (or sub-editor) and printer – originated in the nineteenth century, new printing and distribution technologies enabled a degree of functional flexibility, with journalists increasingly “multitasking” to take on tasks of layout, design and publishing which had previously involved a range of other skilled workers.
