New Book: Challenging the News - The Journalism of Alternative and Community Media

Community media journalists are, in essence, ‘filling in the gaps’ left by mainstream news outlets. Forde’s extensive 10 year study now develops an understanding of the journalistic practices at work in independent and community news organisations. Alternative media has never been so widely written about until now.

By: Susan Forde

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Understanding alternative and independent journalism
  • Chapter 2: Defining moments in the history of alternative journalism
  • Chapter 3: Finding the basis for alternative and independent journalism
  • Chapter 4: Looking for answers: How alternative media journalists engage their audiences
  • Chapter 5: Connecting with democracy: The ‘new’ alternative media
  • Chapter 6: Throwing out the bathwater (but not the baby): Objectivity, ‘professionalism’ and the economics of alternative journalism
  • Chapter 7: The global policy environment for alternative and community media forms
  • Chapter 8: Concluding thoughts: The nature of alternative journalism
  • References

Published by Palgrave and can be purchased here.

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