Reading Level
What is the reading level of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy is 11th and 12th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 11 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 13 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 11 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 8 |
Reading Time
1 hrs 48 mins
How long to read Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy?
The estimated word count of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy is 26,970 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 1 hrs 48 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs.
| Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy - 26,970 words | ||
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| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 3 hrs |
| Average | 250 words/min | 1 hrs 48 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs |
- Authors
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Margaret Sullivan
More about Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
26,970 words
Word Count
for Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
2 hours and 54 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
"An excellent introduction to the essential problem of our republic. With a wake-up call like this one, we still have a chance."--Timothy Snyder, author of On TyrannyAn Epidemic of News Deserts and Ghost PapersGhosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. From 2004 to 2015, 1,800 print newspaper outlets closed in the US. One in five news organizations in Canada has closed since 2008. One in three Brazilians lives in news deserts. The absence of accountability journalism has created an atmosphere in which indicted politicians were elected, school superintendents were mismanaging districts, and police chiefs were getting mysterious payouts. This is not the much-discussed fake-news problem--it's the separate problem of a critical shortage of real news.America's premier media critic, Margaret Sullivan, charts the contours of the damage, and surveys a range of new efforts to keep local news alive--from non-profit digital sites to an effort modeled on the Peace Corps. No nostalgic paean to the roar of rumbling presses, Ghosting the News instead sounds a loud alarm, alerting citizens to a growing crisis in local news that has already done serious damage.