The Pursuit of Public Journalism is an engaging introduction to the
theoretical foundations and practices of the journalistic reform
movement known as 'public journalism.' Public journalism - stated
briefly - seeks to reinvest journalism with its fundamental
responsibilities to democracy and public life. This book argues
against many deeply ingrained practices ranging from journalistic
detachment to framing stories via polar conflict in favor of
greater civic involvement on the part of journalists.
Tanni Haas traces the historical context in which public
journalism emerged, develops a philosophy for public journalism,
reviews empirical research on public journalism's performance to
date and responds to the major criticisms directed at public
journalism. He also examines the particular challenges that public
journalism poses to curriculum and instruction: how can journalism
educators teach students to write stories useful and of concern to
citizens, and how canthey encourage citizens to publicly criticize
news coverage of given topics? Following review of the major
challenges and criticisms of public journalism, the author offers
practical solutions for improving public journalism and speculates
on public journalism's likely future.
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