What Are Journalists For?

The public journalism movement emerged after the 1988 presidential election as a countermeasure against eroding trust in the news media and widespread public disillusionment with politics and civic affairs. In this book, public journalism advocate Jay Rosen recalls the history of the movement and explains how its innovations offer an opportunity to revitalize the press and improve civic life.

Acknowledgments

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Introduction: What We're Doing Isn't Working

1

(18)

Part One / Origins

As Democracy Goes, so Goes the Press: The Roots of Public Journalism

19

(37)

In Search of a Different Story: Journalists, Scholars, and the Public Square

56

(27)

Part Two / Practice

Applying Practice to Theory: Case Studies in Public Journalism

83

(45)

Does It Help the Citizen Decide? The Intellectual Journey of the Virginian-Pilot

128

(28)

Doing Less Harm: Public Journalism as Personal Tale

156

(21)

Part Three / Reactions

Journalism Is What It Is: Critics React to the Experiment

177

(30)

The New York Times and the Washington Post on Public Journalism

207

(44)

Part Four / Lessons

Design Flaw or Driver Error: The Hazards of Going Public

251

(11)

What Was Public Journalism? The Idea in Built Form

262

(19)

Conclusion: What Are Journalists For?

281

(20)

Notes

301

(28)

Index

329

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