What are journalists for? / Jay Rosen.
"American journalists in the 1990s confronted disturbing trends -an erosion of trust in the news media, weakening demand for serious news, flagging interest in politics and civic affairs, and a discouraging public climate that seemed to be getting worse. In response, some news professionals sou...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Origins. As democracy goes, so goes the press : the roots of public journalism
- In search of a different story : journalists, scholars, and the public square. Part II: Practice. Applying practice to theory : case studies in public journalism
- Does it help the citizen decide? The intellectual journey of the Virginian-pilot
- Doing less harm : public journalism as personal tale. Part III: Reactions. Journalism is what it is : critics react to the experiment
- The New York Times and the Washington Post on public journalism. Part IV: Lessons. Design flaw or driver error : the hazards of going public
- What was public journalism? The idea in built form. Conclusion: What are journalists for?