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"New business models have splintered journalists' once-monolithic professional culture. Where the organization once had little sway in the newsroom, in today's journalism ecosystem, owners and management influence newsgathering more than ever. Using rich interviews and participant observation, Patrick Ferrucci examines institutions with funding mechanisms that range from traditional mogul ownership and online-only nonprofits to staff-owned cooperatives and hedge fund control. The variations in market models have frayed the tenets of professionalization, with unique work cultures emerging from each organization's focus on its mission and the implantation of its own processes and ethical guidelines. As a result, the field of American journalism no longer shares uniform newsgathering practices and a common identity, a break with the past that affects what information we consume today and what the press will become tomorrow. An inside look at a fracturing profession, The Organization of Journalism illuminates the institution's expanding impact on newsgathering and the people who practice it"--
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Recentering the Organization in Journalism Studies
Chapter 1. The St. Louis Beacon—The Digitally Native News Nonprofit
Chapter 2. Defector Media—The Cooperative
Chapter 3. The Colorado Sun—The Public Benefit Corporation
Chapter 4. The
Boston Globe—The Mogul-Owned Newsroom
Chapter 5. The Athletic—The Venture-Capital-Funded Newsroom
Chapter 6. The
Denver Post—The Hedge-Fund-Owned Newspaper
Conclusion: The Organization and the Deprofessionalization of American Journalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Patrick Ferrucci
