Public Journalism and Public Life: Why Telling the News Is Not Enough

by Davis Merritt

The original edition of Public Journalism and Public Life, published in 1995, was the first comprehensive argument in favor of public journalism. Designed to focus the discussion about public journalism both within and outside the profession, the book has accomplished its purpose. In the ensuing years, the debate has continued; dozens of newspapers and thousands of journalists have been experimenting with the philosophy, while others still...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805827072
• ISBN13: 9780805827071
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for those wanting to improve journalism

Although he doesn't give any real examples of how to apply public journalism, Buzz Merritt explains the concept clearly and in a way that makes you realize how wrong the media is today. This book should be included in every journalism professor's classroom. If future reporters could understand what is needed by them, then maybe the public would start trusting the media and not lumping them in with the same category as politicians