Getting The Connections Right

Networking is seldom understood, and its potential to advance careers and to open doors to vast opportunities is often underrated. All successful business people, regardless of their background or skill set, have one thing in common: they understand the importance of having a strong network. For the small business owner, networking is a low-cost and highly effective way to grow your business and make sure it thrives, even in a turbulent market. While in the past, networking had been considered a commodity, something nice but superfluous to have in order to become successful-it's now turned into a must have in today's competitive, fast-paced business environment. In Get Connected: Making the Right Connections, learn how to build a strong, functioning network that will empower you and further your career. Find out how to unlock the potential of those around you, and discover why the most valuable skill to have in the twenty-first century's competitive world is the ability to network successfully.

Rather than compete with tabloid television, Jay Rosen argues in his book, journalists need to repair the disconnect between the press and the public; regarding political coverage in particular, journalists must reshape the narrative of public life.

Talking with other people is an integral part of our lives, at work, at home and socially. Communicating to good effect requires some skill: building relationships with colleagues, clients, partners and friends, and staying connected with them, in order both to get things done and maintain the relationship. This book invites you to: * Explore a wide range of behaviours, all of which are equally important, when used appropriately and at the right time * Understand the importance of and nature of 'trust', as the foundation upon which all true connection must be built * Discover the complexity of effective communication processes The theory underpinning this book is based on over 30 years of internationally based empirical research by the authors, augmented by the findings of other renowned communication experts. It is presented in an easy to read format interspersed with diagrams, case examples, anecdotes and quotations. Most importantly, this book introduces dozens of reflective activities and practical exercises which will help - and challenge - you to: * Gain a deeper awareness of your own strengths * Identify areas for personal improvement * Develop the flexibility to be able to meet any interpersonal challenge with confidence

This book examines journalism’s ability to promote and foster cohesive and collective action while critically examining its place in the intensifying battle to maintain a society’s social order. From chapters discussing the challenges journalists face in covering populism and Donald Trump, to chapters about issues of race in the news, intersections of journalism and nationalism, and increased mobilities of audiences and communicators in a digital age, Reimagining Journalism and Social Order in a Fragmented Media World focuses on the pitfalls and promises of journalism in moments of social contestation. Rich with perspectives from across the globe, this book connects journalism studies to critical scholarship on social order and social control, nationalism, social media, geography, and the function of news as a social sphere. In a fragmented media world and in times of social contestation, Reimagining Journalism and Social Order in a Fragmented Media World provides readers with insights as to how journalism operates in order to highlight—and enhance—elements and actions that bring about order. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journalism Studies and a special issue of Journalism Practice.

Alonzo Martinez is an African American reporter, hired by the Boston Globe to report on the minority community of Roxbury. He believes he was hired only because he is black with an Hispanic name and not because of his talent and ability. He intends to prove himself by writing a breakout story through his visits to Roxbury but is uncomfortable being there because he grew up in a safer, rural environment. By a strange set of circumstances, Alonzo secretly films the murder of black businessman, Miles Parker, who is running to unseat Congressman Vincent Moffit. The unidentified assailant is dressed as a policeman, and civil rioting quickly ensues. The next day Moffit and his colleague, the Reverend Moses Le Treau, publicly accuse the police for the killing and the rioting continues. The Police Chief, of course, denies that any of his officers was the murderer. Not convinced it was the police, Alonzo is determined to find out who the shooter is in order to obtain the professional respect he believes he is due. Investigating the crime, Alonzo walks the tightrope between the gangs, the police, his informants, and his coworkers—all of which want a piece of Alonzo Martinez. Along the way, Alonzo runs into all kinds of characters, ranging from a savvy bartender, gang members who mark where he lives and follow him around, two dark figures associated with the Moffit campaign, a shady bar owner, a helpful police contact, a determined campaign manager, a grieving widow, a mysterious voice guiding his search, and a beautiful but distant woman who captures Alonzo's love. Find out if Alonzo Martinez solves the mystery and completes his quest for respect and love or ends up the same way Miles Parker did.