What are journalists for? / Jay Rosen.
1999
PN4749 .R668 1999 (Mapit)
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Title
What are journalists for? / Jay Rosen.
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ISBN
0300078234 (alk. paper)
9780300078237 (alk. paper)
0300089074
9780300089073
9780300078237 (alk. paper)
0300089074
9780300089073
Publication Details
New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
PN4749 .R668 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.23/0973
Summary
"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 sought to bridge the growing gap between press and public with an experimental approach - public journalism. This book is an account of the movement for public journalism, or civic journalism, told by Jay Rosen, one of its leading developers and defenders. Rosen recalls the events that led to the movement's founding and gives a range of examples of how public journalism is practiced in American newsrooms.
He traces the intellectual roots of the movement and shows how journalism can be made vital again by rethinking exactly what journalists are for."--Jacket.
He traces the intellectual roots of the movement and shows how journalism can be made vital again by rethinking exactly what journalists are for."--Jacket.
Note
He traces the intellectual roots of the movement and shows how journalism can be made vital again by rethinking exactly what journalists are for."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-328) and index.
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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?
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?