Hold the Press: The Inside Story on Newspapers - Softcover

Hamilton, John Maxwell; Krimsky, George A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807121908 ISBN 13: 9780807121900

Publisher: LSU Press, 1996

Synopsis

Long ago dubbed the fourth branch of government, the American press remains to most of the general public an inscrutable enterprise whose influence and behavior are alternately welcomed and maligned; yet the proper functioning of a democracy depends upon a media-literate populace to act as the ultimate watchdog. With wit and authority, John Hamilton and George Krimsky lead readers through the whirl of print journalism. They offer a curiosity-satisfying blend of explanation and interpretation, history, anecdotes aplenty, and statistical analysis to show what's wrong and what works with today's newspapers.

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From the Back Cover:

The Inside Story on Newspapers: Hold the Press goes a long way toward revealing the foibles and strengths of America's newspapers, large and small. An enjoyable book that dispels myth about how the press works and why occasionally it doesn't.

About the Author:

John Maxwell Hamilton, a former foreign correspondent, is the author of Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting and other books. He is Hopkins P. Breazeale Professor in LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication and a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

George A. Krimsky worked for sixteen years for the Associated Press, reporting from the Soviet Union, Middle East, and United States, and directing the agency's World Services' news operations. In 1985 he co-founded the International Center for Journalists in Reston, Virginia. He is now an independent media consultant and lives in Washington, Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0807121908
• ISBN 13: 9780807121900
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190