Andrew Weeks is an award-winning journalist who has reported for a number of media outlets--newspaper, magazine and radio--in several states. He has worked as a beat reporter, section editor, assistant city editor, assistant editor, managing editor and editor.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

¿1¿The Hard Knocks of Journalism

Ruben Salazar, 1970

¿2.¿Unprecedented Times

Don Bolles, 1976

¿3.¿The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate

Manuel de Dios Unanue, 1992

¿4.¿The Public's Right to Know

Dona St. Plite, 1993

¿5.¿The Uncomfortable Press

James Edwin Richards, 2000

¿6.¿Disinformation, the Public and the News

William Biggart, 2001

¿7.¿Activism, Objectivity and Fairness

Robert Stevens, 2001

¿8.¿Regaining the Public's Trust Amidst a Multitude of Voices

Chauncey Bailey, 2007

¿9.¿Brave Journalism

Alison Parker and Adam Ward, 2015

10.¿Blood and Ink

Five in Annapolis, 2018

11.¿What About Khashoggi?

Author's Note: Community Journalism

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Journalists have often put themselves in danger to convey crucial information to the public. Many journalists have even died doing their jobs, investigating crimes or traveling to battle zones--and sometimes documenting events in their own communities. Recently, reporters have been assaulted, mocked and silenced, their reports dubbed "fake news" and them, "enemies of the people." A free press is one of the country's most reliable foundations for ensuring a democracy for current and future generations.
With a focus on American journalism, this book tackles issues affecting today's news through profiling journalists killed on the job, whether from violent conspiracy, terrorism or mass shootings.