Community-Centered Journalism: Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust
Urbana et al.: University of Illinois Press (2020), x, 205 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 193-200, index
ISBN 978-0-252-08522-2 (pbk); 978-0-252-05218-7 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 201:10-Community 2020
"Andrea Wenzel models new practices of community-Centered journalism that build trust across boundaries of politics, race, and class, and prioritize solutions while engaging the full range of local stakeholders. Informed by case studies from rural, suburban, and urban settings, Wenzel's blueprint reshapes journalism norms and creates vigorous storytelling networks between all parts of a community. Envisioning a portable, rather than scalable, process, Wenzel proposes a community-Centered journalism that, once implemented, will strengthen lines of local communication, reinvigorate civic participation, and forge a trusting partnership between media and the people they cover." (Publisher description)
Introduction: The case for shared community stories, 1
1 Shifting stories with solutions journalism, 23
2 Connecting journalists and community members, 47
3 Developing an intervention: building a public sphere in polarized places, 75
4 The process is portable: toward a community-driven intervention, 105
5 A new kind of journalist? Competencies for community-Centered journalism, 125
Conclusion: To repair, or to burn it down? 158
1 Shifting stories with solutions journalism, 23
2 Connecting journalists and community members, 47
3 Developing an intervention: building a public sphere in polarized places, 75
4 The process is portable: toward a community-driven intervention, 105
5 A new kind of journalist? Competencies for community-Centered journalism, 125
Conclusion: To repair, or to burn it down? 158
