News of Baltimore: Race, Rage and the City (Routledge Research in Journalism)

News of Baltimore: Race, Rage and the City (Routledge Research in Journalism)

by SilvioWaisbord (Editor), Linda Steiner (Editor)

Synopsis

This book examines how the media approached long-standing and long-simmering issues of race, class, violence, and social responsibility in Baltimore during the demonstrations, violence, and public debate in the spring of 2015. Contributors take Baltimore to be an important place, symbol, and marker, though the issues are certainly not unique to Baltimore: they have crucial implications for contemporary journalism in the U.S. These events prompt several questions: How well did journalism do, in Baltimore, nearby and nationally, in explaining the endemic issues besetting Baltimore? What might have been done differently? What is the responsibility of journalists to anticipate and cover these problems? How should they cover social problems in urban areas? What do the answers to such questions suggest about how journalists should in future cover such problems?

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 278
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 15 Jul 2017

ISBN 10: 1138651060
ISBN 13: 9781138651067

Author Bio
Linda Steiner is Professor in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, USA Silvio Waisbord is Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA