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Newsroom Cutbacks - Are They Hurting American Journalism?

Newspapers are losing readers at a rapid pace - many have cut staff, gone into bankruptcy or are closing their doors.

The Washington Post on Thursday, Sept. 1 closed all its suburban bureaus save Richmond and Annapolis.

Americans are just not reading printed newspapers like they used to - and attempts to make money with ads or subscriptions on the Internet have yet to be a success. Some think the heart of American journalism is being cut out.

Broadcasters are cutting back as well - or turning to single-person reporting crews expected to do more for less pay.

The University of Maryland has the experts who can provide analysis and perspective on the changing face of journalism in the United States. Experts are listed alphabetically. Feel free to contact any of our experts directly.

Merrill College of Journalism Dean Kevin Klose can talk on these issues. Please call Public Affairs at 301-405-4621 if you would like to talk with him.


Number of experts found: 6

 
Douglas Gomery

Professor; Affiliate Professor

Library of American Broadcasting

Expertise Key Words:
Media: politics and media; media ownership; broadcast history; Playboy; media impact; FCC; Patsy Cline; Hollywood; Baby Boomers and the media. Halloween: Scary Movies.

Contact Information:

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301 405 9160

301 951 4385

dgomery@umd.edu
dgomery@jmail.umd.edu

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Christopher T. Hanson

Assistant Professor

Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Expertise Key Words:
Journalism, Journalism's role in pop culture, air crash and disaster coverage, American history, First Amendment, foreign policy, national security, environmental policy, politics and elections, space exploration, ethnic and gender stereotyping, public perceptions of crime.

Contact Information:

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301 405 6049
202 257 7921

202 342 5539

202 257 7921

chanson@umd.edu

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Susan Moeller

Professor

Philip Merrill College of Journalism and School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Media coverage of international affairs; media coverage of war, violence, conflict and disasters; media coverage of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD); how photographic images shape attitudes toward war; compassion fatigue; human/civil rights and the media.

Expertise Credentials:
BOOKS:

Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War, and Death (Routledge,1999)

Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience of Combat (Basic Books, 1989)

BOOK CHAPTS:

A Moral Imagination: The Media's Response to the War on Terrorism, (8,000-word chapt.) Reporting War (Routledge, 2004)

Human Rights Issues, (7,000-word article) Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, (Academic Press, 2003.

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (LAST YEAR)

Human Rights, Photojournalism and Trauma, at an EXPOSURE program with VII Photo Agency & de.MO, sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University, Medford, MA, April 2005.

The Difference between a Crisis and a Disaster, at a program entitled Journalism and the Tsunami: Lessons Learned, and What to Do Next in Covering the Social, Political and Economic Fallout, sponsored by the Dart Center, University of Washington, Seattle, April 2005.

Commanding Attention: Images in the Age of Terrorism, at the CISSM/ISEP Forum, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, February 2005.

After the Tsunami: Global Engagement or Compassion Fatigue? Goucher College, Baltimore, February 2005.

The Role of Media as a Non-State Actor, Post 9/11, at a conference entitled The Influence of Non-State Actors on World Affairs, sponsored by Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and the Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations (IRRI-KIIB), Palais d'Egmont, Brussels, December 2004.

Global 10th Anniversary Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda,Imperial War Museum, London, March 2004

War Reporting: History and Ethics, at a conference entitled The Media at War: The U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, sponsored by the Human Rights Center, the Graduate School of Journalism, and the Office of the Chancellor, UC Berkeley, March 2004.

Web Site(s):
Susan Moeller, Journalism Faculty, UMD

Contact Information:

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301 405 2419

301 565 9510

240 472 4166

smoeller@jmail.umd.edu

Address:
4109 Journalism Building
College Park, MD  20742

Degrees:
PhD, History of American Civilization, Harvard
AM, History, Harvard
BA, Scholar of the House, Yale

Publication(s):
"Media Coverage of Weapons of Mass Destruction"
"Media Coverage of Weapons of Mass Destruction" (short version)
A Hierarchy of Innocence: The Media's Use of Children in the Telling of International News
Locating accountability: the media and peacekeeping


 
Rem Rieder

American Journalism Review - editor and senior vice president

Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Expertise Key Words:
Journalism ethics, values, social issues, magazine editing and production, advanced public affairs reporting.

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301 405 8811

rrieder@umd.edu

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Carl S. Stepp

Professor

Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Expertise Key Words:
Journalism History; Roles and Structures; Advanced Reporting: Beats and Investigation; Fundamentals of Writing and Editing; Public Affairs Reporting; Blogging

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301 405 2428

cstepp@umd.edu

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Ronald A. Yaros, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Expertise Key Words:
internet, mobile technology, multimedia, journalism, interactive, science literacy, health literacy, technological literacy, health communication, science communication, convergence journalism, citizen journalism, cognitive processing, media, media use, reading comprehension, video games

Contact Information:

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301.405.2425
301.405.2399

301.312.4102

ryaros@umd.edu

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