Can journalism be saved? : rediscovering America's appetite for news / Rachel Davis Mersey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mersey, Rachel Davis, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--United States--History--21st century.

Journalism.

Journalists--United States--History--21st century.

Journalists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By some measures, it would seem that print journalism is dying. Journalism recently suffered one of its worst circulation declines in years: a drop of more than ten percent in the a six month period ending September 30, 2009. The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, CO, closed its doors in 2009Ñafter it dominated the AP awards in 2008, and was lauded for an investigative expose on unfair treatment of former nuclear workers. Even the New York Times and the Washington Post are experiencing financial trouble. But print advertising revenue still trumps online advertising revenue ten-fold. Is there hope

Contents:

Journalism and democracy are dead. A brave new world of journalism

From whence journalists came

The individual is very much alive. Audience needs and actions

Why the audience does what it does

The audience already has control

A new model of journalism is born

A new framework

Paying for it all

Journalism is spelled with an "I".

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400623134

9786612695988

9781282695986

1282695983

9780313392092

0313392099

OCLC:

659751155