Chapter Three. Journalism’s Big Sort: Is the News That’s Left Just News for the Left?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction. Place, Power, and the Future of Journalism 1
6. Chapter One. Myths of Local News and Why Newspapers Matter, Anyway 15
7. Chapter Two. News for (and by) the Rich and White 41
8. Chapter Three. Journalism’s Big Sort: Is the News That’s Left Just News for the Left? 66
9. Chapter Four. The Beltway Versus the Heartland, Embodied: The Case of Washington Correspondents 101
10. Chapter Five. Place and the Limits of Digital Revenue: Goldilocks Newspapers and the Curse of Geography 130
11. Chapter Six. The Counterpoint: The New York Times’ Chase for Global Readers 162
12. Chapter Seven. Blue News Surviving: The Big Sort in News Philanthropy 194
13. Conclusion. Place as the Way Forward 234
14. Appendix A: Methods 259
15. Appendix B: Extended Methods from Chapter 3 265
16. Appendix C: Extended Methods from Chapter 7 271
17. Notes 281
18. Selected Bibliography 335
19. Index 341