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Author Sullivan, Margaret, 1957- author

Title Ghosting the news : local journalism and the crisis of American democracy / Margaret Sullivan
Published New York : Columbia Global Reports, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (105 pages) : maps
Contents Leaving Buffalo -- The unregulated toll bridge -- News deserts, ghost papers, and beacons of hope -- Global problems -- New models
Summary "Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. Reporting on some of the news-impoverished areas in the U.S. and around the world, America's premier media critic, Margaret Sullivan, charts the contours of the damage but also surveys some new efforts to keep local news alive-from non-profit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses, Ghosting the News instead sound a loud alarm, alerting citizens to the growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage. If local newspapers are on the brink of extinction, we ought to know the full extent of the losses now, before it's too late"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Journalism, Regional -- Political aspects -- United States
Local mass media -- United States
Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications
Local mass media.
Press and politics.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781733623797
1733623795