{"product_id":"the-journalists-predicament-9780231207904","title":"The Journalists Predicament","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on in-depth interviews in France and the United States, Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera-Zambrano explore the ways individuals come to believe that journalism is a worthy pursuit—and how that conviction is managed and sometimes dissolves amid the profession’s ongoing upheavals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat keeps journalists going in the face of wrenching changes across the news industry? Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera-Zambrano offer the most convincing answer yet to this vital question. Based on nearly a decade of comparative research in France and the United States, The Journalist’s Predicament develops a powerful new framework that connects professional norms to the individual aspirations and career trajectories of working journalists. The result is a major contribution to the sociology of news. -- Lucas Graves, author of \u003ci\u003eDeciding What's True: The Rise of Political Fact-Checking in American Journalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do French and American journalists behave in market-driven newsrooms, in the face of declining work conditions? Some resist these changes and some surrender to them; some find springboards for innovation and others leave the profession entirely. To map these varied experiences, this insightful book explores journalists’ strategies and the social conditions that subtly shape them. -- Erik Neveu, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBourdieu and the Journalistic Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowers and Vera-Zambrano's excellent book analyzes how journalists in the United States and France respond to the economic and symbolic decline of their profession\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThey\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereveal the pragmatic adjustments that journalists must make to continue believing in their work. \u003ci\u003eThe Journalist's Predicament \u003c\/i\u003eis a profoundly humane, generous, and compelling book on the current transformations of newsmaking. -- Angèle Christin, author of \u003ci\u003eMetrics at Work: Journalism and the Contested Meaning of Algorithms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a path-breaking sociological analysis, Powers and Vera-Zambrano force a reckoning with the journalistic profession's enduring inequalities. Read this essential book to gain a deeper understanding of journalism's contemporary \"crisis\"—who thrives, who barely survives, who leaves, and why. -- Rodney Benson, author of \u003ci\u003eShaping Immigration News: A French-American Comparison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecommended. * Choice Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Why Would Anyone Be a Journalist?\u003cbr\u003e1. The Genesis of the Journalist’s Predicament\u003cbr\u003e2. Living For—and Maybe Off—Journalism\u003cbr\u003e3. At Their Best\u003cbr\u003e4. Conserve, Challenge, Accede\u003cbr\u003e5. Leaving Journalism\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Is Journalism Dying?\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Interviewing as Comprehension\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Seattle and Toulouse as Regional Media\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Tables and Data\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400372494679,"sku":"9780231207904","price":93.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231207904.jpg?v=1730470527","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-journalists-predicament-9780231207904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}