TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - Losing the news :the future of the news that feeds democracy /
DA  - 2009.
CY  - Oxford ;
CY  - New York :
AU  - Jones, Alex S.
CN  - PN4888.P6
CN  - PN4888.P6
PB  - Oxford University Press,
PP  - Oxford ;
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2009.
N1  - "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
N1  - Includes index.
ID  - 334938
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Journalistic ethics
SN  - 9780195181234 (alk. paper)
SN  - 0195181239 (alk. paper)
TI  - Losing the news :the future of the news that feeds democracy /
ER  -