A book due to be published early next month, The Media and Financial Crises, offers valuable insights into the relationship between the media and global financial institutions.

A range of authors including Financial Times editor Lionel Barber and former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz, explore the problems faced in reporting on financial crises.

It features a wide range of countries, including the USA, UK, Ireland, Greece, Spain and Australia, and amounts to an entirely new history of financial crises in the British press over 150 years.

The editors are Steve Schifferes, professor of financial journalism at City University London, and Richard Roberts, professor of contemporary history at King's College, London.

They argue that the media has been central in shaping our response to the financial crisis, and that by examining their performance in comparative and historical perspectives it can help to ensure improved reporting on the next occasion.

NB: I teach at City university

Source: Routledge