Description
Book SynopsisThis study focuses on how The Newspaper Guild - the main union for reporters and editors - adopted a strategy of labour convergence, joining with other media workers in the large Communication Workers of America union. It also looks at the nationalism of Canadian newsworkers.
Trade ReviewMcKercher tells an intricate story emphasizing its Canadian aspects. * Columbia Journalism Review *
At a time of mega-mergers and multimedia corporations, it is appropriate to turn to the response of an organized work force about the impact of these developments on individual newsworkers and, ultimately, on the future of journalism as a craft. In a field that rarely sees historical accounts of news work or labor unions, Catherine McKercher's book is a rare and particularly worthwhile project that places journalism in the context of labor history and political economy. -- Hanno Hardt, University of Iowa / University of Ljubljana
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Convergence Considered Chapter 2 Convergence and Corporate Control Chapter 3 Convergence, Technology, and Labor Chapter 4 Mergers and More Mergers Chapter 5 A Partner for the Guild Chapter 6 Answering the Canadian Question Chapter 7 Convergence on Command Chapter 8 Convergence and Beyond
