Murder in the News: An Inside Look at How Television Covers Crime [Hardcover]

Murder in the News is a must-read, especially now when crime and punishment, violence and addiction are once again dominating news coverage in Chicago and other citiesbig and smallacross the country. The book provides crucial context for the scourge and sorrow and how the media handles and mishandles the story every evening at six. Ive known and admired Robert H. Jordan Jr. for decades as a fair, honest, and courageous journalist. Murder in the News shows he has not changed a bit.Rev. Jesse JacksonIf it bleeds it leads doesnt mean what it used to. Jordan deftly examines how violent crime and murders are covered by television news and how some victims families may feel that their loved ones have been forgotten. His book successfully pulls the curtain back on news coverage.?Jeff Pegues, CBS News correspondent?and author of?Black and BlueThere is no better source on television news in Chicago than Robert H. Jordan Jr., no one more seasoned, astute, and compassionate. Murder in the News is an insightful must-read for both the consumers of the news and those of us who endeavor to cover these fascinating stories.John Qui?ones, ABC News anchor and correspondentJordan combines academic rigor with narrative finesse. His firsthand analysis pinpoints the incentives that drive local TV news coverage and how they inadvertently promote public indifference to the daily calamity of murder in the black ghetto. The good news is that Jordan identifies remedies that can reduce the scope of the tragedy befalling Chicago and other US cities.?Andrew Rojecki, coauthor of The Black Image in the White Mind, and associate professor of communication at the University of Illinois at ChicagoTelevision news anchor Robert Jordan Jr. draws from forty-seven years of news experiences to provide an eye-opening look at how news programs decide which murders to cover and which ones to ignore. Jordan takes readers behind the scenes into the big city newsrooms of Chicago. Here split-secol“ä