Book Review - Community-Centered Journalism

Abstract

Most of what is written about the current crisis in journalism focuses on failed business models, massive job losses, plummeting advertising revenue in short, a national and international industry struggling to survive, let alone thrive, and the subsequent damage to democracy as it collapses. News blackholes, news deserts and zombie news coverage are real dangers in an era when fake news is on the increase and trust in journalists is deteriorating. The big question being asked by academics, industry commentators and decision-makers is: how can power be held to account if the media ceases to function and that which survives loses credibility?