01945cam a2200313 i 4500 438850826 TxGeo 20200928120000.0 200316s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020009379 9781733623780 trade pbk. 1733623787 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1133128354 TxGeo rda Sullivan, Margaret, 1957- Ghosting the news : local journalism and the crisis of American democracy / Margaret Sullivan. New York, NY : Columbia Global Reports, 2020. 105 pages : maps ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. Reporting on some of the news-impoverished areas in the U.S. and around the world, America's premier media critic, Margaret Sullivan, charts the contours of the damage but also surveys some new efforts to keep local news alive-from non-profit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses, Ghosting the News instead sound a loud alarm, alerting citizens to the growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage. If local newspapers are on the brink of extinction, we ought to know the full extent of the losses now, before it's too late"-- Provided by publisher. 20200928. Journalism, Regional Political aspects United States. Local mass media United States. Press and politics United States History 21st century. QS5