Stephen Jukes is Professor of Journalism in the Faculty of Media & Communication at Bournemouth University. He worked in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas as a foreign correspondent and Global Head of News for Reuters before moving into the academic world in 2005.  His academic research focuses on areas of objectivity and emotion in news with an emphasis on affect, trauma and conflict journalism. He works with the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change, chairs the Dart Centre for Journalism & Trauma in Europe and is a trustee of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting.

Introduction: How Emotion Lies at the Heart of Today¿s New and Journalism Practice
Chapter 1: Objectivity and Emotion
Chapter 2: Journalism and the Rise of Emotion in a Post-truth Society
Chapter 3: Journalism Practice and Affect
Chapter 4: Interviewing and Emotion
Chapter 5: The Herd Instinct
Chapter 6: Journalism and Trauma
Chapter 7: Journalists and User-generated Content
Conclusion: The Taboo has been Broken, What Next?

Interactive, interconnected and participatory, journalism today is a constant live-stream of outrage, terror, polarised politics and fake news. With a news landscape that's dominated by emotionally charged material, Stephen Jukes investigates emotionality's impact on the practice of journalism and the journalists themselves.