Beacons in the Darkness - Hope and Transformation Among America's Community Newspapers

Earnest, intimate reporting on the vanishing terrain of community newspapers across America, and the proud few that are still standing guard.

List of contents

List of newspapers featured in Beacons in the Darkness, by state:


Arkansas


Arkansas Democrat-Gazette


Eureka Springs Independent




California


Bakersfield Californian



Florida

Miami Times



Illinois


Champaign News-Gazette
Chicago Reader

Evanston RoundTable 
Hillsboro Journal-News 
Paddock Publications 
Pana News-Palladium 
Shaw Media

Indiana
Madison Courier

Iowa


Carroll Times Herald

Missouri

Eldon Advertiser




South Carolina


Post and Courier




Tennessee


Tri-State Defender




Texas


Big Bend Sentinel 

About the author

Dave Hoekstra is a Chicago author-journalist. From 1985 through 2014, he was a columnist-critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he won the 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. He has contributed pieces to Chicago Magazine, the Chicago Reader, New City, and Raw Vision.

He has written several books, including The Supper Club Book (A Celebration of a Midwest Tradition), The People's Place (Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from The Civil Rights Era to Today), and The Camper Book (Celebration of a Moveable American Dream).

Dave wrote and co-produced the WTTW-Channel 11 PBS special, "The Staple Singers and the Civil Rights Movement," nominated for a 2001–02 Chicago Emmy for Outstanding Achievement for a Documentary Program—Cultural Significance. He also wrote and co-produced the award-winning 2018 full-length documentary and companion book The Center of Nowhere (The Spirit and Sounds of Springfield, Missouri).

Summary

Earnest, intimate reporting on the vanishing terrain of community newspapers across America, and the proud few that are still standing guard.

Foreword

Marketing:

• Social media campaign, including advertisements and giveaways
• Hard copy ARC mailing
• Consumer advertising
• Select author events

Publicity:

• Promotion to national media, such as Atlantic, the New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine
• Promotion to book-focused radio programs and NPR morning shows
  
• Promotion to regional (Chicago) media including TV, radio, and newspapers
• Promotion to advance review media
• Promotion to national newspapers as well as community newspapers profiled by the author

Product details

• Authors: Dave Hoekstra, Hoekstra Dave
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2022
• EAN: 9781572843165
• ISBN: 978-1-57284-316-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Illustrations: Color and B&W photos throughout, Charts, Tables
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Social History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism