| The Collapse of Big Media
Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2005, v29, #2, pp40-59
Collapse is not too strong a word to describe what has happened to America's major news media. Stripped of their old economic and technological advantages, befuddled by the changing character of their audiences, and beset by new competitors, they are reeling from the blows recent scandals have dealt to their credibility and prestige. Their old authority is gone, and with it, perhaps, their ability to define for Americans a shared realm of information, ideas, and debate.
- Starting Over (pp40-47)
Eastland, Terry
On the rise and fall. Terry Eastland is the publisher of The Weekly Standard and editor of “Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court: The Defining Cases.”
- The Young and the Restless (pp48-53)
Mindich, David T. Z.
On the flight of the youth audience. David T. Z. Mindich, a former assignment editor of CNN, is an associate professor of journalism and mass communication at St. Michael's College in Burlington, Vermont and the author of “Tuned Out: Why Americans under 40 Don't Follow the News.”
- Seven Steps to Salvation (pp54-59)
Powers, William
On the future. William Powers is a columnist for National Journal and a former reporter for The Washington Post.
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