The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post-Newspaper Age

Synopsis

In The Wired City, Dan Kennedy Tells The Story Of The New Haven Independent, A Nonprofit Community Website In Connecticut At The Leading Edge Of Reinventing Local Journalism. Through Close Attention To Local Issues--and Through An Ongoing Conversation With Its Readers--the Independent's Small Staff Has Created A Promising Model Of How To Provide The Public With The Information It Needs In A Self-governing Society. In Addition, Kennedy Examines Other Online News Projects, Including Nonprofit Organizations Such As Voice Of San Diego And The Connecticut Mirror And For-proft Ventures Such As Batavian, Baristanet, And Ct News Junkie. At A Time Of Pessimism Over The Future Of Journalism, The Wired City Offers Hope. What Kennedy Documents Is Not The Death Of Journalism But Rather The Uncertain And Sometimes Painful Early Stages Of Rebirth.--back Cover. Introduction: Apocalypse Or Something Like It -- Annie Le Is Missing -- The Outsider -- Rebooting The Register -- A Hotbed Of Experimentation -- Print Dollars And Digital Pennies -- From Here To Sustainability -- How To Win Readers And Influence Government -- The Care And Feeding Of The Former Audience -- Race, Diversity, And A Bilingual Future -- Epilogue: The Shape Of News To Come. Dan Kennedy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.