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The Watchdog Still Barks
ISBN: 9780823279364
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Fordham University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Press and politics; Government accountability; Online journalism; Journalism;

Perhaps no function of the press is as important as being a watchdog over the government. Based on the first content analysis to focus specifically on accountability journalism nationally, this book shows how American newspapers held fast to the watchdog role in the digital age, despite financial and technological challenges.

Beth Knobel is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. Before joining the Fordham faculty, she was an Emmy-award winning producer for CBS News. She is co-author with the legendary CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace of Heat and Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists . Beth Knobel is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. Before joining the Fordham faculty, she was an Emmy-award winning producer for CBS News. She is co-author with the legendary CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace of Heat and Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists .