Losing the news
Subtitle: the future of the news that feeds democracy
By: Alex S. Jones.
Contributors: Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.; Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Series: Institutions of American democracy; Institutions of American democracy series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780195181234
Subjects: Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States; Journalism -- Economic aspects -- United States; Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States; Journalistic ethics -- United States
Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media to serious news is fading. Should we lose a critical mass of this news, our democracy will weaken--and possibly even begin to fail. This book is also a call to arms. Despite the current crisis, there are many hopeful signs, and Jones closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved.--From publisher description.
Notes: "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The iron core; title: Media and democracy; title: The fragile First Amendment; title: Objectivity's last stand; title: Media ethics- the painful balance; title: The curious story of news; title: Newspapers on the brink; title: The new news media; title: Saving the news.