tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143268785929642692.post5374344142014255299..comments2023-10-31T07:30:09.552-04:00Comments on Civic & Citizen Journalism Interest Group: Merrill criticizes public journalism for creating an "extra-press authority"Jack Rosenberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140005068247777769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143268785929642692.post-24899277442929556202009-03-14T22:35:00.000-04:002009-03-14T22:35:00.000-04:00I haven't read the book, so can't comment much jus...I haven't read the book, so can't comment much just off a blurb....but it seems to me that in general terms, public journalism has never been an either/or proposition regarding individualism and community. Further, public journalism arose to give voice to citizens instead of giving all the power to a newsroom of reporters and editors. If the equation must be the "or" of community, one could argue that public journalism is supplanting one community of decision-makers for another.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>t any rate, individualism must be lost or subsumed in the community."Sue Ellen Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278490790610728085noreply@blogger.com