Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk

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Author's Note Introduction: Will Newspaper Journalism Survive? Part One: Morning 1: Why This Matters Newspapers and Coat Hangers Journalism and Democracy: Fully Interdependent How a Democracy Decides Journalism's Role in Public Judgment Opposites Attract Concerns and Conceits But How to Define Quality? Effect on Public Life 2: The Heritages The Ridder Path The Intersection The Knight Path Lee Hills and the Supremacy of the Newsroom Losing an Heir 3: Building Toward Merger Rebuilding a Newspaper Practicing Journalists Turning Points Finding Alvah Chapman Dependence and Independence The Deal Is Done 4: Wichita: A Marriage Made In...? Scorched Earth Policy A Ride Around Town A Modest Start and a Modest Goal Place at the Table Another One? Good Journalism with Good Journalists A Coda Part Two: Midday 5: Introducing Change From Separation of Power to the Publisher System 6: External Change: Boomers, Wall Street, and Technology Change One: Boomers or Bust Change Two: The Wall Street Syndrome Cyclical, Top to Bottom On Deaf Ears Change Three: Technology The Internet Market Fragmentation 7: Internal Change: Creeping Corporatism and Catastrophe Change Four: Leave Autonomy Alone Creeping Corporatism A Matter of Tone One Size Fits All Change Five: You Get What You Pay For, Maybe The Publishers' Revolt The Erosion of Newspaper Quality and MBOs Change Six: People and Purpose 8: Change Seven: Breaching the Wall Why a Wall? Cracks and Gaps Auto-mania Where's My Bazooka? A Coda 9: Change Eight: Lie, Cheat, Steal Post-Watergate Syndrome Lie Cheat Steal ... And Trust Who Do I See About...? Tips for Coping Part Three: Evening 1: Doing the Journalism Batten: Exemplar of Great Journalism Three Mile Island PTL Kentucky Basketball Hurricane Andrew Margins of Excellence An Incredible and Spectacular Honor A Coda 11: Saying Good-bye A Philadelphia Story A Columbia Story A Miami Story A San Jose Story 12: Wichita ... Saying Good-bye Public Journalism From Collegiality to Confrontation No Matter What It Takes We Didn't Mean That! 13: What Now? Migrating Faster Going Private Corporate Reform Talk Differently to the Street How Big Is Big Enough? Nonprofit Alternatives The Final Coda Notes Index About the Author

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