The last days of civic journalism: The case of the savannah morning news

Journalism Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-196

  Nip, Joyce Y M ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Civic journalism; Civic mapping; News making; News sources; Participatory journalism; Public journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249135576     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780801999352     Document Type: Article

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