Tables of Contents for What Are Journalists For?

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: What We're Doing Isn't Working

Part One / Origins

As Democracy Goes, so Goes the Press: The Roots of Public Journalism

In Search of a Different Story: Journalists, Scholars, and the Public Square

Part Two / Practice

Applying Practice to Theory: Case Studies in Public Journalism

Does It Help the Citizen Decide? The Intellectual Journey of the Virginian-Pilot

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Doing Less Harm: Public Journalism as Personal Tale

156

Part Three / Reactions

Journalism Is What It Is: Critics React to the Experiment

177

The New York Times and the Washington Post on Public Journalism

207

Part Four / Lessons

Design Flaw or Driver Error: The Hazards of Going Public

251

What Was Public Journalism? The Idea in Built Form

262

Conclusion: What Are Journalists For?

281

Notes

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Index

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