LEADER 04523nam 22006735 450 001 9910480202003321 005 20210720012659.0 010 $a0-8232-8140-X 010 $a0-8232-7935-9 010 $a0-8232-7936-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780823279364 035 $a(CKB)4340000000252485 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5247457 035 $a(OCoLC)1021806877 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66979 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001921809 035 $a(DE-B1597)555468 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780823279364 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000252485 100 $a20200723h20182018 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Watchdog Still Barks $eHow Accountability Reporting Evolved for the Digital Age /$fBeth Knobel 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cFordham University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (161 pages) 225 0 $aDonald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series 311 0 $a0-8232-7933-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$t1. The Watchdog Still Barks --$t2. Bigger Means Better --$t3. The Workhorse of the Watchdogs --$t4. America?s Most Vulnerable --$t5. If Not Now, When? --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aPerhaps no other function of a free press is as important as the watchdog role?its ability to monitor the work of the government. It is easier for politicians to get away with abusing power?wasting public funds and making poor decisions?if the press is not shining its light with what is termed ?accountability reporting.? This need has become especially clear in recent months, as the American press has come under virulent direct attack for carrying out its watchdog duties. Upending the traditional media narrative that watchdog accountability journalism is in a long, dismaying decline, The Watchdog Still Barks presents a study of how this most important form of journalism came of age in the digital era at American newspapers. Although the American newspaper industry contracted significantly during the 1990's and 2000's, Fordham professor and former CBS News producer Beth Knobel illustrates through empirical data how the amount of deep watchdog reporting on the newspapers? studied front pages generally increased over time despite shrinking circulations, low advertising revenue, and pressure to produce the kind of soft news that plays well on social media. Based on the first content analysis to focus specifically on accountability journalism nationally, The Watchdog Still Barks examines the front pages of nine newspapers located across the United States to paint a broad portrait of how public service journalism has changed since 1991 as the advent of the Internet transformed journalism. This portrait of the modern newspaper industry shows how papers of varying sizes and ownership structures around the country marshaled resources for accountability reporting despite significant financial and technological challenges. The Watchdog Still Barks includes original interviews with editors who explain why they are staking their papers? futures on the one thing that American newspapers still do better than any other segment of the media: watchdog and investigative reporting. 410 0$aDonald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker book series. 606 $aInvestigative reporting$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aJournalism$xObjectivity$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aJournalistic ethics$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aOnline journalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aFree press. 610 $ainvestigative journalism. 610 $ajournalism. 610 $anewspapers. 610 $areporters. 610 $awatchdog. 615 0$aInvestigative reporting$xHistory 615 0$aJournalism$xObjectivity$xHistory 615 0$aJournalistic ethics$xHistory 615 0$aOnline journalism$xHistory 676 $a070.430973 700 $aKnobel$b Beth$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01028455 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480202003321 996 $aThe Watchdog Still Barks$92444476 997 $aUNINA