Great program on PBSabout saving journalism. Here it is in their words:
The video isn’t up yet but here’s the breakdown:
“Is good journalism going extinct? Fractured audiences and tight budgets have downsized or sunk many of the fourth estate’s major battleships, including this very program. This week, NOW’s David Brancaccio talks to professor Bob McChesney and journalist John Nichols about the perils of a shrinking news media landscape, and their bold proposal to save journalism with government subsidies. Their new book is “The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again.”