Ghosting the News
Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
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Amanda Carlin
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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 US 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 nonprofit 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 13 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.
©2020 Margaret Sullivan (P)2020 Random House AudioCritic Reviews
"Listening to this book, one might think narrator Amanda Carlin is the author. Her narration is filled with the emotion and emphasis the author brought to the work. She stresses the important points without sounding strident and largely overcomes the fact that this book was written for the eye, not the ear. She breaks complex sentences into easier to comprehend segments without damaging their meaning or continuity." (AudioFile Magazine)
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- Anthony Eales
- 26-02-2021
A Sad Tale About The Decline of Local News
I found out about this book in The Washington Post in an article written by the author, Margaret Sullivan.
The book is quite depressing about the decline of local newspapers. It seems to go from newsroom to newsroom detailing job losses and cuts starting in Margaret's hometown of Buffalo in the USA.
By the end of the book you get the sense there is not much hope for local newspapers as no solutions are offered up to the problem.
All in all Margaret is a brilliant journalist and author. And this book is an important entry into the chronicling of local newspapers and their decline due to the Internet.
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