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First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
List of contents
Contents: J. Black, Introduction. J.W. Carey, Community, Public, and Journalism. C.G. Christians, The Common Good and Universal Values. Voices: A Different Way of Covering Crime. L.W. Hodges, Ruminations About the Communitarian Debate. Voices: San Diego Gets a Good News Solution. J.C. Merrill, Communitarianism's Rhetorical War Against Enlightenment Liberalism. Voices: The Sound of Discontent. R.D. Barney, A Dangerous Drift? The Siren's Call to Collectivism. Voices: In the Beginning There Was Columbus. R. Anderson, R. Dardenne, G.M. Killenberg, The American Newspaper as the Public Conversational Commons. Voices: "South of Heaven": A Community in Conversation With Itself. T.L. Glasser, S. Craft, Public Journalism and the Prospects for Press Accountability. Voices: What's So New About Public Journalism? J.H. Altschull, A Crisis of Conscience: Is Community Journalism the Answer? Voices: Adding Color to Public Journalism. R.M. Steele, The Ethics of Civic Journalism: Independence as the Guide. Voices: "Final Indignities": Finally, a Voice for the Community. D.B. Merritt, Public Journalism, Independence, and Civic Capital...Three Ideas in Complete Harmony. P. McMasters, A First Amendment Perspective on Public Journalism. Voices: McMasters and Merritt Debate the Merits of Public Journalism. L. Wilkins, Communitarian and Environmental Journalism. D. Elliott, The Problem of Compassionate Journalism. L. Peck, L. Waddell, Annotated Bibliography.
About the author
Jay Black
Summary
This volume addresses some of the central issues of journalism today - such as the nature and needs of the individual vs. the needs of broader society; communitarianism vs. Enlightenment liberalism; compassion vs. professional distance. The essays present the various dilemmas the media face.
