Community-centered journalism: engaging people, exploring solutions, and building trust
"Contemporary journalism faces a crisis of trust that threatens the institution and may imperil democracy itself. Critics and experts see a renewed commitment to local journalism as one solution. But a lasting restoration of public trust requires a different kind of local journalism than is often imagined, one that engages with and shares power among all sectors of a community. Andrea Wenzel models new practices of community-centered journalism that build trust across boundaries of politics, ra…
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- Full title :Community-centered journalism : engaging people, exploring solutions, and building trust / Andrea Wenzel.
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"Contemporary journalism faces a crisis of trust that threatens the institution and may imperil democracy itself. Critics and experts see a renewed commitment to local journalism as one solution. But a lasting restoration of public trust requires a different kind of local journalism than is often imagined, one that engages with and shares power among all sectors of a community. Andrea Wenzel models new practices of community-centered journalism that build trust across boundaries of politics, race, and class, and prioritize solutions while engaging the full range of local stakeholders. Informed by case studies from rural, suburban, and urban settings, Wenzel's blueprint reshapes journalism norms and creates vigorous storytelling networks between all parts of a community. Envisioning a portable, rather than scalable, process, Wenzel proposes a community-centered journalism that, once implemented, will strengthen lines of local communication, reinvigorate civic participation, and forge a trusting partnership between media and the people they cover"--
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- Publication Date:2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication:Urbana
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 205 pages) : : illustrations (black and white)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0252052188, 9780252052187
- oclc:on1152425026
- LC Classification:PN4784.R29
- Dewey Decimal:070.4/33
Table of Contents
Introduction: The case for shared community stories -- Shifting stories with solutions journalism -- Connecting journalists and community members -- Developing an intervention : building a public sphere in polarized places -- The process is portable : toward a community-driven intervention -- A new kind of journalist? Competencies for community-centered journalism -- Conclusion: To repair, or to burn it down?
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