Journalism in Crisis

"Journalism in Crisis represents a major contribution to the field of journalism. Its approach, which uses the analogy of an 'out of balance ecosystem' to describe media in Canada, is a salient way to reconceptualize the landscape in order to prescribe a coherent, interesting, novel, and important set of new methods and possibilities." -- Mary Lynn Young, Graduate School of Journalism, University of British Columbia

Journalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices.

Journalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices. The authors look within Canada and abroad for solutions for balancing the Canadian media ecology.

Public policies have been central to the creation and shaping of Canada’s media system and, rather than wait for new technologies or economic models, the contributors offer concrete recommendations for how public policies can foster journalism that can support democratic life in twenty-first century Canada. Their work, which includes new theoretical perspectives and valuable discussions of journalism practices in public, private, and community media, should be read by professional and citizen journalists, academics, media activists, policy makers and media audiences concerned about the future of democratic journalism in Canada.