Public Journalism and Political Knowledge

by Eksterowicz, Anthony J.; Roberts, Robert N.; Rosen, Jay; Dinges, John; Friedland, Lewis A.; Goidel, Robert K.; Kurpius, David D.; Potter, Deborah; Warhover, Thomas A.; Woo, William F.; Yancey, Dwayne

• ISBN13: 9780847695409
• ISBN10: 0847695409
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this book, leading journalists, communication scholars, and political scientists assess the state of contemporary public journalism, looking at its origins, the arguments for and against public journalism, and the state of political knowledge. Addressing theoretical and academic notions of public journalism-in conjunction with the possible role of the modern university-this timely volume explores the potential of public journalism to help elevate the public's political knowledge.

Author Biography

John Dinges is the former managing editor of NPR News and current assistant professor of journalism and director of radio at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Anthony J. Eksterowicz is professor of political science at James Madison University Lewis A. Friedland is associate professor of journalism at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication of the University of Wisconsin, Madison Robert K. Goidel is associate professor of political science at Indiana State University David D. Kurpius is assistant professor at the Manship School of Mass Communication of Louisiana State University Deborah Potter is a former CBS news correspondent and the current executive director of NewsLab in Washington, D.C. Robert N. Roberts is professor of political science at James Madison University Jay Rosen is associate professor of journalism at New York University Thomas A. Warhover is editor of the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia William F. Woo is the former editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and current Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in the department of communication at Stanford University. He is also a visiting professor in journalism and media studies at Hong Kong University and a lecturer in the graduate school of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley Dwayne Yancey is the metro editor for the Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Virginia

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Jay Rosen
Introduction	xiii
Anthony J. Eksterowicz
Robert N. Roberts
Part I: The Origins of Public Journalism
The History and Development of Public Journalism	3	(18)
Anthony J. Eksterowicz
Public Journalism: A Critique	21	(22)
William F. Woo
Part II: The Practice of Public Journalism
Public Journalism and the Press: The Virginian-Pilot Experience	43	(18)
Thomas A. Warhover
Is Anybody Out There? The Roanoke Times Experience	61	(16)
Dwayne Yancey
Public Journalism and Television News	77	(14)
Deborah Potter
David D. Kurpius
Public Journalism and National Public Radio	91	(30)
John Dinges
Part III: The Impact and Future of Public Journalism
Public Journalism and Community Change	121	(22)
Lewis A. Friedland
If You Report It, Will They Care? Political Knowledge and Public Journalism	143	(26)
Robert K. Goidel
Educating the Public Journalist for the Twenty-First Century	169	(20)
Robert N. Roberts
Epilogue: Public Journalism and the Future	185	(4)
Anthony J. Eksterowicz
Robert N. Roberts
Index	189	(8)
About the Contributors	197