What Works in Community News
Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate
$61.86
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
13 February 2024
Summary
Local news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in civic life is impossible without it. However, local news is in crisis. According to one widely cited study, some 2,500 newspapers have closed over the last generation. And it is often marginalized communities of color who have been left without the day-to-day journalism they need to govern themselves in a democracy.
Veteran journalists Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy cut through the pessimism surrounding this issue, showing…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807009949 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0807009946 |
| Author: | Ellen Clegg, Dan Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“For readers who despair at the collapse of traditional media nationwide, this survey is a bolster; for journalists looking to create such viable news sources in their own communities, it’s a highly useful road map.”
—Booklist, Starred Review
“A fresh, optimistic, and necessary exploration of what really works in the crucially important realm of local news.”
—Margaret Sullivan, author of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
“A great and important book … Provides great hope that the field is full of passionate, brilliant people who are going to figure this out.”
—Steven Waldman, founder of Rebuild Local News and cofounder of Report for America
“A valuable reference book for entrepreneurs and a compelling read for anyone interested in saving and reviving local news.”
—Penelope Muse Abernathy, author of Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability
“Pulls together in one place innovative approaches from across the country to stave off growing ‘news deserts.’ You can’t help but find this book nourishing if you care about preserving local news—and our democracy.”
—Gregory L. Moore, former editor of The Denver Post
“Crackling with insights and richly detailed, this sharply written book is essential reading for anyone interested in journalism’s future and the democracy it serves.”
—Victor Pickard, author of Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society
“A comprehensive history and analysis of major news ecosystems in the emerging digital media landscape.”
—Anne Galloway, VTDigger founder and editor at large
About The Author
Ellen Clegg
Ellen Clegg spent more than 3 decades at The Boston Globe and retired in 2018 after 4 years of running the opinion pages. In between stints at the Globe, she was deputy director of communications at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She is a member of the steering committee for the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship at the International Women’s Media Foundation. Ellen is co-founder and co-chair of Brookline.News, a nonprofit startup news organization in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Dan Kennedy is a professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University and a nationally known media commentator. He was a panelist on the GBH News television program Beat the Press (1998-2021) and also served as a weekly columnist for the network. He was also a columnist for The Guardian from 2007-2011. Dan is a recipient of the Yankee Quill Award from the New England Academy of Journalists and the James W. Carey Journalism Award from the Media Ecology Association.
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