Document Type
Book Chapter
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Journalism, Media and socio-cultural communication
Abstract
Newspaper developed in Ireland as a political press, with each publication clearly identified with particular political groupings. However, for reasons of economics journalism itself developed a professional paradign, that stressed impartiality, so allowing journalists to move from publication to publication regardless of the politics or religion of the journalist. Newspapers and journalists also helped develop a civil society that contributed to the eventual democratic nature of the Irish state, following independence.
Recommended Citation
Foley, M.: How Journalism Became a Profession. In Irish Journalism Before Independence, Rafter, Kevin, (ed), (2011) Manchester University Press.
Publication Details
Rafter, Kevin (ed) (2011) Irish Journalism Before Independence: More a Disease than a Profession. Kevin Rafter (ed)Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK.