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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Junk news Junk news Tom Fenton In this salient critique of the American media, veteran journalist Tom Fenton exposes the dangerous failings of our news organizations and the fundamental problems with how they present world news. J… OL12278080W
Pistols, politics and the press Pistols, politics and the press Ryan Chamberlain "Dueling is a fundamental part of the history of journalism. By examining the 19th century Code Duello, the accepted standards under which a duel could be conducted, the causes of combative responses… OL13604411W
Timothy McSweeney's Timothy McSweeney's Chris Adrian A child's book of sickness and death / Chris Adrian -- Hadrian's wall / Jim Shepard -- The woman who sold communion / Kate Braverman -- Civilization / Ryan Boudinot -- The death of Mustango Salva… OL14957710W
The persecution of Sarah Palin The persecution of Sarah Palin Matthew Continetti After her dazzling convention speech in August 2008, Sarah Palin was on track to win John McCain the presidency of the United States. Never before had a vice presidential candidate gotten such a stro… OL15166956W
What Is Happening to News What Is Happening to News Jack Fuller Across America, newspapers that have defined their cities for over a century are rapidly failing, their circulations plummeting even as opinion-soaked Web outlets like the Huffington Post thrive. Mea… OL15177721W
Will the last reporter please turn out the lights Will the last reporter please turn out the lights Robert Waterman McChesney,Victor W. Pickard,Robert W. McChesney,Victor Pickard "In response to mounting concerns about the future of the press, an outpouring of lively debate and proposals for alternative models of journalism has exploded across journals of opinion, the blogosp… OL15979925W
Women writers and journalists in the nineteenth-century south Women writers and journalists in the nineteenth-century south Jonathan Daniel Wells "The first study to focus on white and black women journalists and writers both before and after the Civil War, this book offers fresh insight into southern intellectual life, the fight for women's r… OL16298220W
Submersion journalism Submersion journalism Bill Wasik "A collection of startling stories from celebrated authors and fresh new voices alike, Submersion Journalism serves as a proclamation in favor of unsanctioned reporting in an age of managed "news" an… OL17852672W
Written into history Written into history Lewis, Anthony "From Antarctic dispatches on the Byrd expedition to an eyewitness account of the atomic bomb, from the First Amendment battle to publish the Pentagon Papers to the personal narrative of an interraci… OL18069196W
Discovering the news Discovering the news Michael Schudson This instructive and entertaining social history of American newspapers shows that the very idea of impartial, objective "news" was the social product of the democratization of political, economic, a… OL1884593W
Shooting arrows and slinging mud Shooting arrows and slinging mud James E. Mueller "The defeat of George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was big news in 1876. Newspaper coverage of the battle initiated hot debates about whether the U.S. … OL19704509W
Media Control Media Control Robert E. Gutsche Jr. x, 383 pages : 24 cm OL21135053W
News Dissector News Dissector Danny Schechter "News Dissector brings together Danny Schechter's writings on human rights, politics, and the media over a span of four decades of activism and reporting: this includes his experiences with radio new… OL2618384W
News News W. Lance Bennett Bevat: The news about democracy : information crisis in american politics -- News stories : four information biases that matter -- Citizens and the news: public opinion and information processing -- … OL26196145W
The best American newspaper narratives, volume two The best American newspaper narratives, volume two George Getschow A collection of feature stories published in U.S. newspapers and on U.S. newspaper websites in 2013. OL28168719W
High School Journalism High School Journalism Homer L. Hall Includes a brief history of American journalism and discusses the duties of a journalist, styles of writing, the parts of a newspaper, newspaper and yearbook design, photography, and careers in journ… OL5473789W
True Story True Story Michael Finkel In the haunting tradition of Joe McGinniss's Fatal Vision and Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the Heart, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, and deceit with a de… OL5736480W