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Author_George A. Krimsky
Author_John Maxwell Hamilton
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Product details
- ISBN 9780807121900
- Weight: 313g
- Dimensions: 128 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 1996
- Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
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.
