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Title What good is journalism? : how reporters and editors are saving America's way of life / edited with an introduction by George Kennedy and Daryl Moen.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (v, 171 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Americans and journalism: we value but criticize it / George Kennedy and Glen Cameron -- Journalism: the lifeblood of a democracy / Sandy Davidson and Betty Winfield -- NPR offers news and companionship / Geneva Overholser -- The hometown newspaper builds community / Judy Bolch -- Watchdogs of government serve citizens / Wesley G. Pippert -- Journalism builds new democracies / Byron Scott -- Investigative reporting saves lives / Brant Houston -- Computer-assisted journalism creates new knowledge / David Herzog and Brant Houston -- How to get the journalism you deserve / Stuart Loory.
Summary "A compilation of essays that show how good journalistic practices enrich the daily lives of citizens, trace the development of free expression through American history, and enable citizens to play their own roles in the democracy, while also showing how these principles are playing a revolutionary role in emerging democracies"--Provided by publisher.
Note Print version record.
Subject Journalism -- Social aspects -- United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Journalism -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00984087
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Kennedy, George, 1941-
Moen, Daryl R.
Other Form: Print version: What good is journalism?. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007 9780826217301 0826217303 (DLC) 2007010381 (OCoLC)86090366
ISBN 9780826265821 (electronic bk.)
0826265820 (electronic bk.)
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