From Howell Raines and the New York Times to Roger Ailes and Fox News, America's most celebrated media journalist dissects the people and institutions shaping media, for good and for ill, in a time of profound change. It is said that journalism is a vital public service as well as a business, but more and more it is also said that big media consolidation; noisy, instant opinions on cable and the Internet; and political "bias" are making a mockery of such high-minded ideals. In Backstory , Ken Auletta explores why one of America's most important industries is also among its most troubled. He travels from the proud New York Times , the last outpost of old-school family ownership, whose own personnel problems make headline news, into the depths of New York City's brutal tabloid wars and out across the country to journalism's new wave, chains like the Chicago Tribune 's, where "synergy" is ever more a mantra. He probes the moral ambiguity of "media personalities"-journalists who become celebrities themselves, padding their incomes by schmoozing with Imus and rounding the lucrative corporate lecture circuit. He reckons with the legacy of journalism's past and the different prospects for its future, from fallen stars of new media such as Inside.com to the rising star of cable news, Roger Ailes's Fox News. The product of more than ten years covering the news media for The New Yorker , Backstory is Journalism 101 by the course's master teacher.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594200009
ISBN-13
9781594200007
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2868701
Product Key Features
Author
Ken Auletta
Publication Name
Backstory : inside the Business of News
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn4867.A94 2003
Copyright Date
2003
Topic
Media Studies, Journalism, Industries / Media & Communications
Lccn
2003-050675
Dewey Decimal
071/.3/0904
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Business & Economics, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science