G. Michael Killenberg is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Department of Journalism and Digital Communication at the University of South Florida.Rob Anderson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication at Saint Louis University.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1—A DESCENDING DARKNESSCHAPTER 2—A BUDDING NATION FINDS ITS VOICECHAPTER 3—THE YARD SIGN THAT SAID ‘NO’ TO CENSORSHIPCHAPTER 4—AN EPIC BATTLE, A VICTORY FOR PRESS FREEDOMCHAPTER 5—INSIDE THE NEWSROOM, BEHIND THE STORYCHAPTER 6—UNTANGLING ACCUSATIONS OF JOURNALISM BIASCHAPTER 7—JOURNALISM, EVERYDAY TALK, AND THE FUTURE FOR PUBLIC LIFECHAPTER 8—A CITIZENSHIP ETHIC FOR A TIME OF DIMINISHED JOURNALISMCHAPTER 9—ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE REPUBLIC

“There are not many books that place journalism within a framework of empowering democracy. Democracy’s News does that squarely and well.”—Angie Drobnic Holan, Editor-in-Chief, PolitiFact

G. Michael Killenberg is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Department of Journalism and Digital Communication at the University of South Florida.Rob Anderson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication at Saint Louis University.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1—A DESCENDING DARKNESSCHAPTER 2—A BUDDING NATION FINDS ITS VOICECHAPTER 3—THE YARD SIGN THAT SAID ‘NO’ TO CENSORSHIPCHAPTER 4—AN EPIC BATTLE, A VICTORY FOR PRESS FREEDOMCHAPTER 5—INSIDE THE NEWSROOM, BEHIND THE STORYCHAPTER 6—UNTANGLING ACCUSATIONS OF JOURNALISM BIASCHAPTER 7—JOURNALISM, EVERYDAY TALK, AND THE FUTURE FOR PUBLIC LIFECHAPTER 8—A CITIZENSHIP ETHIC FOR A TIME OF DIMINISHED JOURNALISMCHAPTER 9—ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE REPUBLIC

“There are not many books that place journalism within a framework of empowering democracy. Democracy’s News does that squarely and well.”—Angie Drobnic Holan, Editor-in-Chief, PolitiFact

G. Michael Killenberg is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Department of Journalism and Digital Communication at the University of South Florida.Rob Anderson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication at Saint Louis University.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1—A DESCENDING DARKNESSCHAPTER 2—A BUDDING NATION FINDS ITS VOICECHAPTER 3—THE YARD SIGN THAT SAID ‘NO’ TO CENSORSHIPCHAPTER 4—AN EPIC BATTLE, A VICTORY FOR PRESS FREEDOMCHAPTER 5—INSIDE THE NEWSROOM, BEHIND THE STORYCHAPTER 6—UNTANGLING ACCUSATIONS OF JOURNALISM BIASCHAPTER 7—JOURNALISM, EVERYDAY TALK, AND THE FUTURE FOR PUBLIC LIFECHAPTER 8—A CITIZENSHIP ETHIC FOR A TIME OF DIMINISHED JOURNALISMCHAPTER 9—ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE REPUBLIC

“There are not many books that place journalism within a framework of empowering democracy. Democracy’s News does that squarely and well.”—Angie Drobnic Holan, Editor-in-Chief, PolitiFact