North Platte's Keith Blackledge: Lessons from a Community Journalist [Paperback]

Popular culture glorified newspapers in the 1970s, creating a kind of mythical community newspapermanlike Keith Blackledge, longtime editor of the North Platte Telegraph.???In his editorials and columns he praised, scolded, cajoled, teased and encouraged readers. He provided a civic connection while, mostly behind the scenes, he worked to make the town better. Blackledge's story resonates today because its also about the evolution of newspapers. The editors career spanned a time when the industry was hit by a tsunami of change, including shrinking circulations and advertising revenues, and new technologies altering forever the way news is produced and consumed. Author Carol Lomicky chronicles the life of this remarkable newspaperman.Carol S. Lomicky, Professor Emerita of Journalism, taught at the University of NebraskaKearney for thirty years. Prior to that, she was a newspaper reporter and editor at several Nebraska daily newspapers. She received her PhD from the University of Nebraska in 1996. She has coauthored a textbook for undergraduate research in media law and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals.