Grassroots Journalism

Edition:

2nd

Date of publication:

January 2007 | Update, July 2016

ISBN:

978-1-878585-63-9

Pages:

161

Price:

$29.95

• About
• Table of Contents

• Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Foreword by Sam Pizzigati
• Introduction
• Part One
  • Chapter One—Grassroots Journalism
  • Chapter Two—Successful stories: Real world case studies where grassroots journalism worked
• Part Two
  • Chapter Three—How to find the issues in a community that will get your audience agitated and agitating
  • Chapter Four—Objectivity as advocacy, newswriting as organizing
  • Chapter Five—The nuts and bolts of writing a grassroots news story
  • Chapter Six—Doing research for news articles
  • Chapter Seven—Putting it all together
  • Chapter Eight—Now that it’s written, how to make sure your news article is read
• Part Three
  • Chapter Nine—‘What about the workers?’: a look at media coverage of strikes
  • Chapter Ten—‘The greatest stories never told’: how the mass-media discourage activism and undermine democracy
  • Chapter Eleven—How to get a job as a grassroots journalist, and minimize stress on the job
• Conclusion
• Appendix
  • Resources: An extensive guide to groups, books, and other publications useful to grassroots journalists
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Index