Week of March 9, 2009
News Item: The Rocky Mountain News, a daily newspaper from Denver, Colorado, published its final edition on February 27, 2009. Many papers across the country could face similar problems if potential buyers are not found, while others such as the Chicago Tribune are seeking bankruptcy protection. Also, the Christian Science Monitor will soon become a weekly paper, cease its daily print editions, and rely mainly on the Web as a means of publishing its news. Is this the end of traditional newspapers as we know them? (Democracy Now! reported on this topic last week)
American Carnival: Journalism Under Siege in an Age of New Media
By Neil Henry. U of California Press, 2007
Call Number: PN4888 .E8 H46 2007
Breach of Faith: A Crisis of Coverage in the Age of Corporate Newspapering
By Gene Roberts. U of Arkansas Press, 2002
Call Number: PN4867 .B674 2002 (At Jupiter – May be borrowed through ILL services)
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
By David Nasaw. Houghton Mifflin, 2000
Call Number: Z473 .H4 N37 2000
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