Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy, Margaret Sullivan
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Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy

Author: Margaret Sullivan

Series: Columbia Global Reports

Narrator: Amanda Carlin

Unabridged: 2 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 07/14/2020

Genre: Business & Economics - Industries - Media & Communications Industries

Synopsis

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 modeled 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 polarization, 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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