Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy By: Margaret Sullivan [Audiobook]

Author: Margaret Sullivan
Narrated by: Amanda Carlin

Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: how democracy suffers when local news dies. 

Reporting on news-impoverished areas in the US 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 nonprofit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses, Ghosting the News instead sounds a loud alarm, alerting citizens to the growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage. She explains how a lack of local news in communities results in more polarization, less political engagement, and more poorly informed citizens who are less capable of making good decisions about governance. And she does it all through the lens of a journalist who spent most of her career in local news, including nearly 13 years as the top editor of a regional newspaper, The Buffalo News. 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.

General Information
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 Title:                  Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
 Author:                 Margaret Sullivan
 Read By:                Amanda Carlin
 Copyright:              2020
 Audiobook Copyright:    2020
 Genre:                  Nonfiction / Business / Media Studies / Politics
 Publisher:              Random House Audio
 Abridged:               No
Original Media Information
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 Media:                  Digital
 Source:                 Overdrive MP3
 Condition:              Chapterized
File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         9
 Total Duration:         2:54:41
 Total MP3 Size:         80.88
 Parity Archive:         No
 Ripped By:              3j
 Encoded At:             CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Joint Stereo
 Normalize:              None
 Noise Reduction:        None
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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Publisher's Summary
Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: 
how democracy suffers when local news dies. 
Reporting on news-impoverished areas in the US 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 nonprofit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. 
No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses, Ghosting the News 
instead sounds a loud alarm, alerting citizens to the growing crisis 
in local news that has already done serious damage. She explains how 
a lack of local news in communities results in more polarization, less 
political engagement, and more poorly informed citizens who are less 
capable of making good decisions about governance. And she does it all 
through the lens of a journalist who spent most of her career in local 
news, including nearly 13 years as the top editor of a regional newspaper, 
The Buffalo News. 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.
2020 Margaret Sullivan (P)2020 Random House Audio

168K	Ghosting the News - 001 - Ghosting the News Local Journalism.mp3
15M	Ghosting the News - 002 - Introduction.mp3
7.7M	Ghosting the News - 003 - Leaving Buffalo.mp3
14M	Ghosting the News - 004 - The Unregulated Toll Bridge.mp3
18M	Ghosting the News - 005 - News Deserts, Ghost Papers, and Beacons of Hope.mp3
5.0M	Ghosting the News - 006 - Global Problems.mp3
15M	Ghosting the News - 007 - New Models.mp3
7.2M	Ghosting the News - 008 - Conclusion.mp3
376K	Ghosting the News - 009 - Credits.mp3
100K	Ghosting the News.jpg
4.0K	Ghosting the News.nfo
81M	total