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Drawing on in-depth interviews in France and the United States, Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera-Zambrano explore the ways individuals come to believe that journalism is a worthy pursuit-and how that conviction is managed and sometimes dissolves amid the profession's ongoing upheavals.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Would Anyone Be a Journalist?
1. The Genesis of the Journalist’s Predicament
2. Living For—and Maybe Off—Journalism
3. At Their Best
4. Conserve, Challenge, Accede
5. Leaving Journalism
Conclusion
Epilogue: Is Journalism Dying?
Appendix A: Interviewing as Comprehension
Appendix B: Seattle and Toulouse as Regional Media
Appendix C: Tables and Data
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Matthew Powers is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he codirects the Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy. His books include NGOs as Newsmakers: The Changing Landscape of International News (Columbia, 2018).
Sandra Vera-Zambrano is a member of the National Research System and coordinates both the PhD program in communication and La Revista Iberoamericana at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
Summary
Drawing on in-depth interviews in France and the United States, Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera-Zambrano explore the ways individuals come to believe that journalism is a worthy pursuit—and how that conviction is managed and sometimes dissolves amid the profession’s ongoing upheavals.
