Sullivan Margaret
Sullivan Margaret - Ghosting The News Local Journalism And The Crisis Of American Democracy - Paperback
Sullivan Margaret - Ghosting The News Local Journalism And The Crisis Of American Democracy - Paperback
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Description: " An excellent introduction to the essential problem of our republic. With a wake - up call like this one we still have a chance." Timothy Snyder author of On Tyranny Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. From 2004 to 2015, 1,800 print newspaper outlets closed in the US. One in five news organizations in Canada has closed since 2008. One in three Brazilians lives in news deserts. The absence of accountability journalism has created an atmosphere in which indicted politicians were elected school superintendents were mismanaging districts and police chiefs were getting mysterious payouts. This is not the much - discussed fake - news problem it's the separate problem of a critical shortage of real news. America's premier media critic Margaret Sullivan charts the contours of the damage and surveys a range of new efforts to keep local news alive from non - profit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses Ghosting the News instead sounds a loud alarm alerting citizens to a growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage.
Title: Ghosting The News Local Journalism And The Crisis Of American Democracy
Author(s): Sullivan Margaret
Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
Barcode: 9781733623780
Pages: Maps
Publication Date: 7/14/2020
Category: Information Technology Industries
Description: " An excellent introduction to the essential problem of our republic. With a wake - up call like this one we still have a chance." Timothy Snyder author of On Tyranny Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. From 2004 to 2015, 1,800 print newspaper outlets closed in the US. One in five news organizations in Canada has closed since 2008. One in three Brazilians lives in news deserts. The absence of accountability journalism has created an atmosphere in which indicted politicians were elected school superintendents were mismanaging districts and police chiefs were getting mysterious payouts. This is not the much - discussed fake - news problem it's the separate problem of a critical shortage of real news. America's premier media critic Margaret Sullivan charts the contours of the damage and surveys a range of new efforts to keep local news alive from non - profit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses Ghosting the News instead sounds a loud alarm alerting citizens to a growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage.
Title: Ghosting The News Local Journalism And The Crisis Of American Democracy
Author(s): Sullivan Margaret
Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
Barcode: 9781733623780
Pages: Maps
Publication Date: 7/14/2020
Category: Information Technology Industries
