News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism
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- Author：Nikki Usher
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Summary
As cash-strapped metropolitan newspapers struggle to maintain their traditional influence and quality reporting， large national and international outlets have pivoted to serving readers who can and will choose to pay for news， skewing coverage toward a wealthy， white， and liberal audience。 Amid rampant inequality and distrust， media outlets have become more out of touch with the democracy they purport to serve。 How did journalism end up in such a predicament， and what are the prospects for achieving a more equitable future？
In News for the Rich， White， and Blue， Nikki Usher recasts the challenges facing journalism in terms of place， power， and inequality。 Drawing on more than a decade of field research， she illuminates how journalists decide what becomes news and how news organizations strategize about the future。 Usher shows how newsrooms remain places of power， largely white institutions growing more elite as journalists confront a shrinking job market。 She details how Google， Facebook， and the digital-advertising ecosystem have wreaked havoc on the economic model for quality journalism， leaving local news to suffer。 Usher also highlights how the handful of likely survivors--well-funded media outlets such as the New York Times--increasingly appeal to a global， "placeless" reader。
News for the Rich， White， and Blue concludes with a series of provocative recommendations to reimagine journalism to ensure its resiliency and its ability to speak to a diverse set of issues and readers。
In News for the Rich， White， and Blue， Nikki Usher recasts the challenges facing journalism in terms of place， power， and inequality。 Drawing on more than a decade of field research， she illuminates how journalists decide what becomes news and how news organizations strategize about the future。 Usher shows how newsrooms remain places of power， largely white institutions growing more elite as journalists confront a shrinking job market。 She details how Google， Facebook， and the digital-advertising ecosystem have wreaked havoc on the economic model for quality journalism， leaving local news to suffer。 Usher also highlights how the handful of likely survivors--well-funded media outlets such as the New York Times--increasingly appeal to a global， "placeless" reader。
News for the Rich， White， and Blue concludes with a series of provocative recommendations to reimagine journalism to ensure its resiliency and its ability to speak to a diverse set of issues and readers。
Reviews
Autumn
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Thank you to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review。Nikki Usher's News for the Rich， White， and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism is an important work for our time， and will all but certainly ruffle the feathers of the many left-leaning reporters who have forever bristled at the accusation that American journalism has a liberal bias。 Usher confirms this bias is more prevalent now than ever before， along with a bias towards wealth Thank you to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review。Nikki Usher's News for the Rich， White， and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism is an important work for our time， and will all but certainly ruffle the feathers of the many left-leaning reporters who have forever bristled at the accusation that American journalism has a liberal bias。 Usher confirms this bias is more prevalent now than ever before， along with a bias towards wealthy， white subscribers。 The logic behind her argument is hard to contest: the internet revolution has rendered print news nearly obsolete， along with the revenue brought in by print ads， forcing subscribers to pay ever-increasing fees to access paywalled content。 Due to the political realignment of the past decade or so， wealthier people are more likely to be white， liberal， and living in coastal cities， making them the target audience for major news corporations such as The New York Times and The Washington Post。 While small， niche outlets have managed to remain independent， mid-sized outlets are dying fast， and are either getting bought out by major corporations or disappearing entirely。 On the journalists' end， the decreasing number of news outlets has led to greater job competition， favoring graduates who attended prestigious private universities and were able to work unpaid internships while in school--and are therefore more likely to have come from wealthy backgrounds themselves。As fascinating and timely as News for the Rich， White， and Blue is， the execution is far from flawless。 There are many instances of "In this chapter， I will。 。 。 " and， after devoting most of the book to bravely taking on the many issues of the news media that will surely not make Usher any friends on Twitter， she quickly reverts to a more bog-standard liberal conclusion at the book's end， as if to assure her fellow reporters that no， see， you are still the good guys。 But more than anything， the greatest issue with News for the Rich， White， and Blue is that what was argued in a full-length book could have easily been accomplished in a fifty-page essay。 Much of the book is simply re-affirming what we already gleaned from the Introduction。Nevertheless， News for the Rich， White， and Blue is still worth the read， if for no other reason than to explain an increasingly relevant phenomenon that few people are putting into words。 （Ironically enough， I would also recommend getting the print version in this case， since the graphs and charts were difficult to read on an e-reader）。 。。。more
Руслан
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The book shows the situation among the publications in the United States and the trends in the media overseas。 However， the book can also serve as an example for the media in Europe。 Particularly interesting are the examples and the focus on local media， which are experiencing more and more problems to survive。 I recommend it for people with an interest in the topic。
Ashley
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