@article{334938,
      recid = {334938},
      author = {Jones, Alex S.},
      title = {Losing the news : the future of the news that feeds  democracy /},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      address = {Oxford ;},
      pages = {xix, 234 p. ;},
      year = {2009},
      note = {"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the  Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of  Pennsylvania."},
      abstract = {Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores  how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the  core news that has been the essential food supply of our  democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation,  Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based  reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds  the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they  need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat  competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the  traditional news media to serious news is fading. Should we  lose a critical mass of this news, our democracy will  weaken--and possibly even begin to fail. This book is also  a call to arms. Despite the current crisis, there are many  hopeful signs, and Jones closes by looking over the horizon  and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved.--From  publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/334938},
}