Rebuilding the News : Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age

Over the past decade, the institutions and business models of American journalism have been utterly transformed. Through a combination of local newsroom ethnography, social-network analysis, and online archival research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Networking the News: The Struggle to Rebuild Local Journalism, 1997-2012, tries to place current shifts in news production in perspective. The book also breaks down the walls of the traditional newsroom in order to study how bloggers and citizen journalists were implicated in the massive changes confronting journalism. Breaking Down The Walls Of The Traditional Newsroom, Rebuilding The News Traces The Evolution Of News Reporting As It Moves From Print To Online Journalism. As The Business Models Of Newspapers Have Collapsed, Author C. W. Anderson Chronicles How Bloggers, Citizen Journalists, And Social Networks Are Implicated In The Massive Changes Confronting Journalism. Through A Combination Of Local Newsroom Fieldwork, Social-network Analysis, And Online Archival Research, Rebuilding The News Places The Current Shifts In News Production In Socio-historical Context. Focusing On The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, Anderson Presents A Gripping Case Study Of How These Papers Have Struggled To Adapt To Emerging Economic, Social, And Technological Realities. As He Explores The Organizational, Networked Culture Of Journalism, Anderson Lays Bare Questions About The Future Of News-oriented Media And Its Evolving Relationship With The Public In The Digital Age.--publisher Information. Introduction: Local Journalism On The Brink -- Pt. I. How Local Journalism Went Online: Philadelphia's Newspapers Go Online (1997-2008) ; Alternate Paths In The Transition To Online Journalism (2000-2008). -- Pt. Ii. Local Newswork In The Digital Age : A Day In The Life Of Twenty-first-century Journalism (july 16, 2008) ; How News Circulates Online: The Short, Happy News Life Of The Francisville Four (june 2008) -- Pt. Iii. Building News Networks : What We Have Here Is A Failure To Collaborate (2005-2009) ; Dark Days And Green Shoots (2009-2011) -- Conclusion : Reporting And The Public In The Digital Age. C. W. Anderson. Includes Bibliographical References (p.[195]-210) And Index. Breaking down the walls of the traditional newsroom, "Rebuilding the News" traces the evolution of news reporting as it moves from print to online. As the business models of newspapers have collapsed, author C. W. Anderson chronicles how bloggers, citizen journalists, and social networks are implicated in the massive changes confronting journalism. Through a combination of local newsroom fieldwork, social-network analysis, and online archival research, "Rebuilding the News" places the current shifts in news production in socio-historical context. Focusing on the "Philadelphia Inquirer," the "Philadelphiaa Daily News," Anderson presents a gripping case study of how these papers have struggled to adapt to emerging economic, social, and technological realities. As he explores the organizational, networked culture of journalism, Anderson lays bare questions about the future of news-oriented media and its evolving relationship with OC the publicOCO in the digital age. Puts recent dramatic changes in American journalism in sociological perspective