The Newsroom Personality: A Psychographic Analysis

American journalists have been classified as
narcissistic, power-oriented extroverts who move in
a world of excitement, variety, stimulation and
quick-gratification. Does this vain description of
America s storytellers hold true to actual
journalists working in the broadcast newsroom? This
book challenges popular images of a unique species,
the journalist, by analyzing broadcast journalists in
twenty-nine broadcast newsrooms in Ohio, a Midwesternstate of the United States.

Researchers such as Everette Dennis of the Freedom
Forum Media Center argue that if who American
journalists are influences, shapes, and biases the
news, we should care very much about the current
inventory of these species. Over the past century,
journalists have been labeled, classified, and
categorized. But do the pre-conceptualized labels
hold true to actual journalists working in the field
or are the stereotypes a distant cry from the truth.

Autorentext

Katherine C. Muse, M.S. in Journalism & Mass Communications, E.W.Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. B.A. inCommunications, Grove City College. Communications Manager atIndependent Electrical Contractors, Alexandria, Virginia. Katherine currently resides in Rochester, Minnesota, with herhusband Jason O'Grady, M.D.

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American journalists have been classified asnarcissistic, power-oriented extroverts who "move ina world of excitement, variety, stimulation andquick-gratification." Does this vain description ofAmerica's storytellers hold true to actualjournalists working in the broadcast newsroom? Thisbook challenges popular images of a unique species,the journalist, by analyzing broadcast journalists intwenty-nine broadcast newsrooms in Ohio, a Midwesternstate of the United States. Researchers such as Everette Dennis of the FreedomForum Media Center argue that "if who Americanjournalists are influences, shapes, and biases thenews, we should care very much about the currentinventory of these species." Over the past century,journalists have been labeled, classified, andcategorized. But do the pre-conceptualized labelshold true to actual journalists working in the fieldor are the stereotypes a distant cry from the truth.