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A Study On The Writing Of In-Depth Financial Report In The Economist

Posted on:2013-12-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W J CaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2248330395461067Subject:Journalism
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China,as the second largest economy in the world, wins the world attentionespecially for its politics, economy and culture. In the recent ten years, thoseinternational media giants all began to set up Chinese branches in both Beijing andShanghai, and some even established Chinese edition to cover the changing economynews in China and to win the local readers. For readers both in and abroad, China alsoprovide English economy news by national English media, such as NCNA(NewChina News Agency)and China Daily. Compared to the long established westerneconomy media, Chinese English economy news still needs to be improved.The Economist, as a British weekly publication covering politics and economynews, won a surprising number of foreign readers, that is80%of its subscription in2010.Neglect of its special marketing and management, the thesis mainly focuses onthe writing style of the in-depth economy articles. By discussing the topics,headlines,graphics, pictures, lead writing, logics, and overall writing structure of120in-deptheconomy articles in the Economist from May1stto October31stcollected from itswebsite,,the author tends to find the answers to the following interesting questions:What·s the writing style of one kind of good in-depth economic news writing? How topresent opinion? How to balance the voice from different parties in the article? Howto improve the language to make it easier to read, especially the headline writing?...
Keywords/Search Tags:The Economist, Financial reporting, in-depth writing, study ofwriting style
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