Margaret Sullivan – författare

In this revealing memoir, celebrated journalist Margaret Sullivan takes readers behind the scenes of the nation''s most influential news outlets, chronicling her trailblazing career and the fight for trust in American journalism.Sullivan began her career at the Buffalo News, where she rose from summer intern to editor in chief. In Newsroom Confidential she recounts her years in the trenches battling sexism and throwing elbows in a highly competitive newsroom. In 2012, Sullivan made history as the first woman appointed public editor of The New York Times. In this unique role, she acted on behalf of readers to weigh the actions and reporting of the paper''s staff, parsing potential lapses in judgment, unethical practices, and thorny journalistic issues. Sullivan navigated the paper''s controversies, from Hillary Clinton''s emails to Elon Musk''s accusations of unfairness to the need for greater newsroom diversity.After serving the longest tenure of any Times public editor, Sullivan joined the Washington Post in 2016, gaining a front-row seat to the rise of Donald Trump in American media and politics. With her signature blend of charm, sharp-eyed observation, and nuanced criticism, Sullivan explores how Americans lost trust in the news and what it will take to regain it.

"Lisa Flanagan narrates journalist Margaret Sullivan''s memoir/manifesto authoritatively....and gives this important audiobook the seriousness it merits." - AudioFile MagazinePrologue read by the authorOver her four decades of working in newsrooms big and small, Margaret Sullivan has become a trusted champion and critic of the American news media. In this bracing memoir, Sullivan traces her life in journalism and how trust in the mainstream press has steadily eroded.Sullivan began her career at the Buffalo News, where she rose from summer intern to editor in chief. In Newsroom Confidential she chronicles her years in the trenches battling sexism and throwing elbows in a highly competitive newsroom. In 2012, Sullivan was appointed the public editor of The New York Times, the first woman to hold that important role. She was in the unique position of acting on behalf of readers to weigh the actions and reporting of the paper''s staff, parsing potential lapses in judgment, unethical practices, and thorny journalistic issues. Sullivan recounts how she navigated the paper’s controversies, from Hillary Clinton''s emails to Elon Musk''s accusations of unfairness to the need for greater diversity in the newsroom. In 2016, having served the longest tenure of any public editor, Sullivan left for the Washington Post, where she had a front-row seat to the rise of Donald Trump in American media and politics.With her celebrated mixture of charm, sharp-eyed observation, and nuanced criticism, Sullivan takes us behind the scenes of the nation''s most influential news outlets to explore how Americans lost trust in the news and what it will take to regain it.A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

How the current epidemic of news deserts and ghost papers threatens democracy

Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. From 2004 to 2015, 1,800 print newspaper outlets closed in the U.S. One in five news organizations in Canada has closed since 2008. One in three Brazilians lives in news deserts. The absence of accountability journalism has created an atmosphere in which indicted politicians were elected, school superintendents were mismanaging districts, and police chiefs were getting mysterious payouts. This is not the much-discussed fake-news problem—it''s the separate problem of a critical shortage of real news.

America’s premier media critic, Margaret Sullivan, charts the contours of the damage, and surveys a range of new efforts to keep local news alive—from non-profit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses, Ghosting the News instead sounds a loud alarm, alerting citizens to a growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage.

“An excellent introduction to the essential problem of our republic. With a wake-up call like this one, we still have a chance.” ―Timothy Snyder