Wednesday February 08, 2012

CCJ Books

The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute
We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

Just Released
A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news -- what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

Young People and News

Prepared by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/presspol/carnegie_knight/young_news_web.pdf, July 17, 2007

"Young People and the News," a recently-released report from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, examines daily news consumption trends among young Americans. The report, based on a national survey of 1800 randomly sampled teens, young adults, and older adults, shows that:

...[Y]oung Americans are estranged from the daily newspaper and rely more heavily on television than on the Internet for their news. A few decades ago, there were not large differences in the news habits and daily information levels of younger and older Americans. Today, unlike most older Americans, many young people find a bit of news here and there and do not make it a routine part of their day.

Click here for a link to the full report in PDF format on the Joan Shorenstein Center at Harvard University website.