Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction provides an up-to-date overview of the skills needed to work within the newspaper and magazine industries. Amongst the many highlighted are:
· Sourcing the news
· Interviewing
· Sub editing
· Feature writing and editing
· Reviewing
· Designing pages pitching features

In addition separate chapters focus on ethics, reporting courts, covering politics and copyright whilst others look at the history of newspapers and magazines, the structure of the UK print industry (including it financial organization) and the development of journalism education in the UK, helping to place the coverage of skills within a broader, critical context.
All contributors are experienced practicing journalists as well as journalism educators from a broad range of UK universities.