Overview
This book tells the story of modern-day newspapers by exploring the digital transition of the New Orleans Times-Picayune as a microcosm of the industry. Drawing on the expertise of scholars and professionals across a range of areas, it explores the economic, political, and social context of the move of the largest daily newspaper (to date) from print to the Web. In doing so it paints a complete picture of the current shape of the newspaper industry. While the circumstances in New Orleans anchor the book, it also includes exploration of other for-profit and nonprofit business models for newspapers; differences in how communities handle news during a crisis; implications of the digital divide; and, how different communities believe a decline in print journalism impacts politics and the functioning of local government. By researching in real-time the metamorphosis of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the book shows what news organizations, journalists, news consumers, and professionals can learn about the future of the global newspaper industry. Is the newspaper industry in the midst of evolution or are its decisions sparking a revolution?
Full Product Details
Author: Amy Reynolds ,
Andrea Miller
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition: New edition
Volume: 13
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.50cm
Weight: 0.350kg
ISBN: 9781433123153
ISBN 10: 1433123150
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 19 August 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Indem der Band hartnackig nach der realen Praxis und Bedeutung von Journalismus in Print, TV und Online fragt, liefert er ein ausserst plastisches und die zentralen Fragen konsequent verfolgendes Tableau der Auseinandersetzung zwischen Print und Online in den USA. (Markus Bauer, MEDIENwissenschaften 04/2016)
This is a fascinating and timely look at an especially dramatic example - the case of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, after it announced it would publish in print only three days a week - of a global phenomenon, the radical downsizing of newspaper editorial staffs. The authors do an admirable job of exploring all the journalistic, economic, and political aspects of their case study, in ways that are of far more than local interest. (Nicholas Lemann, Professor of Journalism & Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University)
Author Information
Andrea Miller (PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia) is the Huie-Dellmon Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Amy Reynolds (PhD, University of Texas at Austin) is the Thomas & Darlene Ryder Distinguished Professor and Director of the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. She has written and edited seven books including Terrorism and the Press: An Uneasy Relationship (Peter Lang, 2008).
