About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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 Communications