JTM2007 and MGP2006 participant Geneva Overholser notes a new collection by the faculty at the University of Missouri School of Journalism which, as Overholser writes in an Aug. 28 email: "celebrate(s) what's going well with stories about thriving newspapers, hard-working broadcasters and individuals making a difference." The book, entitled, "What Good is Journalism?" is a set of case studies on "how reporters and editors are saving America's way of life. Edited by George kennedy and Daryl Moen, the book includes pieces by Overholser on NPR, Brant Houston (also MGP2006) on investigative reporting, Stuart Loory on the "journalism you deserve" and six other chapters. It's available from the University of Missour Press directly, or from Amazon.com.
MORE BACKGROUND: http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2007/07-13-what-good-journalism.html
ORDERING LINK: http://press.umsystem.edu/spring2007/kennedy.moen.htm
PDF PROMOTIONAL FLYER: http://www.mediagiraffe.org/pdf/missouri-good-journalism.pdf