Searching for Sheboygans

On the future of small market newspapers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7478657
AutoresChiku Ali (0000-0001-9688-1962, University of Virginia, autor correspondente), Christopher Ali (University of Virginia), Damian Radcliffe (0000-0001-7540-2416, University of Oregon), Thomas Schmidt (0000-0003-4389-2080), Thomas R Schmidt (0000-0002-4497-9180, University of Oregon), Rosalind Donald (0000-0002-0671-6064, Columbia University)
Ano2018
Volume21
Fascículo4
Páginas453-471
Data de publicação2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884917749667
OpenAlexW2782202671
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas40
Referências citadas32

This article addresses the knowledge gap regarding small market newspapers in the United States. We address a deceptively simple research question: what is the state of small market newspapers in the United States as seen through the eyes of practitioners and industry experts? Based on in-depth interviews with experts and practitioners, we argue for a more nuanced vocabulary to describe newspapers and local news. Grouping all newspapers into a monolithic industry – as general sector analyses often do – suggests a homogeneous experience. That is not the case. Smaller publications face their own challenges and opportunities, and they define success and innovation on their own terms. This reality needs to be better understood

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