Title: Making local news /
Authors: Kaniss, Phyllis C.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Journalism Social aspects United States.; Local mass media United States.; Journalism Political aspects United States.; Local government and the press United States.; City planning and the press.
Contents: The historical development of the local news media -- Commercial pressures on local news -- Professional values of the local journalist -- Local television news -- Alternative voices in the local media -- Local government officials as news sources -- Philadelphia's new convention center: a case study.