Journalism as a democratic art : : selected essays / / by Cole C. Campbell ; edited by Tony Wharton.

• VerfasserIn: Campbell, Cole C.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Wharton, Tony,
• Place / Publishing House: Dayton, Ohio : : Kettering Foundation Press,, [2012]; 2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) :; illustrations

In this book, Cole C. Campbell invites the reader to join him in imagining how journalism might facilitate a more vibrant democracy. "What if we reoriented our journalism away from the sources of news and toward to the recipients of news?" he asks. It is a question intended to redirect the focus on how elected officials and technical experts define the problems and purpose to solve them. Rather, it positions citizens working in communities as experts in their own lives and agents in the naming and solving of their own problems. "Public journalism" which Campbell defines, describes, and defends in these essays, positions journalists as stewards of this process.

Table of Contents

Foreword: fighting the good fight / Richard C. Harwood -- A remembrance / Catherine L. Werner -- Cole C. Campbell: An appreciation / Tony Wharton -- Meanings of place; places of meaning -- On work -- An interview with Cole Campbell -- Journalism as a democratic art -- "Cash-cow" journalism and the sigmoid curve -- Dictionary for journalists - and those who pay attention to them -- Journalism, philosophy, and the editorial page -- Framing: how journalists - and citizens - make facts make sense -- From imperiled to imperative: how journalism might move from necessary-but-not-sufficient to necessary-and-sufficient -- Journalism and the public: three steps, three leaps of faith -- Deliberative democracy as nested public spheres -- Reifying, deifying and demonizing "the public": let's call the whole thing off -- Journalism's moral authority -- Journalism and public knowledge -- Meaning and connection -- If not now, when? -- Introduction -- Chapter one -- Recalling Cole C. Campbell: a postscript by David Mathews.