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Newsworkers Unite
Catherine McKercher
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Description for Newsworkers Unite
hardcover. This study focuses on how The Newspaper Guild - the main union for reporters and editors - adopted a strategy of labour convergence, joining with other media workers in the large Communication Workers of America union. It also looks at the nationalism of Canadian newsworkers. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFD; KNTJ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Over the last forty years, new technology and rapid concentration of ownership have caused fundamental changes in North American newspapers. Newsworkers' unions have struggled to protect their members and to reinvent themselves to keep up with the relentless pace of change in the workplace, and recent strikes such as that of Seattle newspaper workers highlight the ongoing challenges. This engaging and accessible book focuses on how the Newspaper Guild—the main union for reporters and editors—adopted a strategy of labor convergence, joining with other media workers in the large and diverse Communications Workers of America union. McKercher also looks at ... Read more
Over the last forty years, new technology and rapid concentration of ownership have caused fundamental changes in North American newspapers. Newsworkers' unions have struggled to protect their members and to reinvent themselves to keep up with the relentless pace of change in the workplace, and recent strikes such as that of Seattle newspaper workers highlight the ongoing challenges. This engaging and accessible book focuses on how the Newspaper Guild—the main union for reporters and editors—adopted a strategy of labor convergence, joining with other media workers in the large and diverse Communications Workers of America union. McKercher also looks at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742515963
SKU
V9780742515963
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About Catherine McKercher
Catherine McKercher is associate professor of journalism and communication at Carleton University.
Reviews for Newsworkers Unite
McKercher tells an intricate story emphasizing its Canadian aspects.
Columbia Journalism Review
At a time of mega-mergers and multimedia corporations, it is appropriate to turn to the response of an organized work force about the impact of these developments on individual newsworkers and, ultimately, on the future of journalism as a craft. In a field that rarely sees ... Read more
Columbia Journalism Review
At a time of mega-mergers and multimedia corporations, it is appropriate to turn to the response of an organized work force about the impact of these developments on individual newsworkers and, ultimately, on the future of journalism as a craft. In a field that rarely sees ... Read more