Journalism and public service in troubled times

Journalism Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 734-753

  Beam, Randal A ^a   Brownlee, Bonnie J ^b   Weaver, David H ^b   Di Cicco, Damon T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Journalism; Organization; Public interest; Public service; Strategy; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960272540     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700903274084     Document Type: Article

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