News for the Rich, White, and Blue : : How Place and Power Distort American Journalism / / Nikki Usher.

As cash-strapped metropolitan newspapers struggle to maintain their traditional influence and quality reporting, large national and international outlets have pivoted to serving readers who can and will choose to pay for news, skewing coverage toward a wealthy, white, and liberal audience. Amid ramp...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 14 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Place, Power, and the Future of Journalism
  • Chapter One. Myths of Local News and Why Newspapers Matter, Anyway
  • Chapter Two. News for (and by) the Rich and White
  • Chapter Three. Journalism’s Big Sort: Is the News That’s Left Just News for the Left?
  • Chapter Four. The Beltway Versus the Heartland, Embodied: The Case of Washington Correspondents
  • Chapter Five. Place and the Limits of Digital Revenue: Goldilocks Newspapers and the Curse of Geography
  • Chapter Six. The Counterpoint: The New York Times’ Chase for Global Readers
  • Chapter Seven. Blue News Surviving: The Big Sort in News Philanthropy
  • Conclusion. Place as the Way Forward
  • Appendix A: Methods
  • Appendix B: Extended Methods from Chapter 3
  • Appendix C: Extended Methods from Chapter 7
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index