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What Are Journalists For? (Paperback, New Ed)
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What Are Journalists For? (Paperback, New Ed)
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American journalists in the 1990s confronted disturbing trends-an
erosion of trust in the news media, weakening demand for serious
news, flagging interest in politics and civic affairs, and a
discouraging public climate that seemed to be getting worse. In
response, some news professionals sought to breach the growing gap
between press and public with an experimental approach-public
journalism. This book is an account of the movement for public
journalism, or civic journalism, told by Jay Rosen, one of its
leading developers and defenders. Rosen recalls the events that led
to the movement's founding and gives a range of examples of how
public journalism is practiced in American newsrooms. He traces the
intellectual roots of the movement and shows how journalism can be
made vital again by rethinking exactly what journalists are for.
Those who have supported the cause of public journalism have
focused on first principles: democracy as something we do, citizens
as the ones who do it, politics as public problem-solving, and
deliberation as a means to that end. Rosen tells what happened as
the movement gained momentum in newsrooms around the country and in
the professional culture of the press. He reviews the flood of
criticism and commentary aimed at public journalism and responds to
those who express alarm at the experiment. Examining the mark that
the movement has made on the field, Rosen upholds public journalism
not only as a way for journalists to find a renewed sense of civic
purpose for their craft, but also as a way to improve civic life
and strengthen democracy.
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