Beacons in the darkness : hope and transformation among America's community newspapers
(2022)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
071.3/HOEKSTRA,D

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 071.3/HOEKSTRA,D Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Chicago : Agate, 2022
DESCRIPTION

287 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781572843165, 1572843160 :, 1572843160, 9781572843165
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"A Midway book"

The commitment -- The price of community -- Serving history -- Stop the presses! technology has come to town -- Migratory paths and connections -- Old-school family business -- Seeds of change -- Selling a family newspaper -- Outsourcing and rural America -- Insourcing spirit -- The truth about fake news -- Virus crisis, 2020 -- Nonprofit model -- The future

"Award-winning journalist Dave Hoekstra interviews the people trying to keep the lights on at community newspapers across the country amid buyouts, declining revenues, fake news, and a pandemic. This is not another account of the death of local journalism-but rather a celebration of the community ties, perseverance, and empathy that's demonstrated in community newsrooms across the country"--