Michele Weldon is Assistant Professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. A former columnist and reporter for the Dallas Times Herald and freelance op-ed and feature contributor to the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, she is the author of Writing to Save Your Life: How to Honor Your Story through Journaling and I Closed My Eyes: Revelations of a Battered Woman. She lives in the Chicago area.
"A compelling read, a thoughtful examination of a brief and dynamic
period of change in American newspapers."--Frederick Blevens,
coauthor of Twilight of Press Freedom: The Rise of People's
Journalism
"Michele Weldon argues that newspapers since 2001 have become
'story papers.' She tracks the significant changes in front pages,
showing how personal stories--stories about everyday people--now
dominate Page One. Her book is intimate, it's readable and it's
convincing. And it may give you hope for the future of newspaper
journalism."
--Peggy Kuhr, Dean, School of Journalism, University of Montana
"Weldon starts with a seemingly narrow, though important, issue
about the front page, but she quickly ranges broadly and deeply
into the democratization of news and journalism. "Everyman"
thoughtfully explores reader-contributed content, changing tone and
content of mainstream journalism, narrative writing and even
"narrative therapy" and ends up at the frontier of communication
between citizen and community."
--Frank M. Denton, Vice President for Journalism, Morris
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