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Ghosting the News

Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy

Margaret Sullivan

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English
Columbia Global Reports
14 July 2020
Local journalism is on the verge of extinction and this is bad for democracy. This book explains why.

Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. Reporting on 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 modelled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses, Ghosting the News instead sounds a loud alarm, alerting citizens to the growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage. She explains how a lack of local news in communities results in more polarisation, less political engagement, and more poorly informed citizens who are less capable of making good decisions about governance. And she does it all through the lens of a journalist who spent most of her career in local news, including nearly thirteen years as the top editor of a regional newspaper, The Buffalo News. 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.

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Imprint:   Columbia Global Reports
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 127mm, 
ISBN:   9781733623780
ISBN 10:   1733623787
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Margaret Sullivan is the media columnist for The Washington Post, the former public editor of The New York Times, and the former chief editor of The Buffalo News, where she started her career as an intern. She is a former member of the Pulitzer Prize board. She lives in New York City.

Reviews for Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan's book about what happens to local democracy when local newsrooms shrivel couldn't be publishing at a better time. -- Dean Miller, Seattle Times A no-nonsense retort to the notion that we live in a time of abundant information. -- Kirkus Reviews


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