Journalist''s Predicament - Difficult Choices in a Declining Profession

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.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Matthew Powers, Matthew Vera-Zambrano Powers, Sandra Vera-Zambrano
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 03.07.2023
• EAN: 9780231207911
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20791-1
• Pages: 320
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Société; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Press & journalism, Media studies: Journalism, language arts & disciplines; journalism