1869, Ep. 70 with Christopher Martin, author of No Longer Newsworthy

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

This episode we speak with Christopher Martin, Professor of Digital Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. Chris is the award-winning author of Framed!: Labor and the Corporate Media, and now has a new book out this month, No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class. Follow Chris on Twitter: @chrismartin100 We spoke to Chris about why the news media stopped writing for working class readers starting in the late 1960s, the unintended political ramifications of this shift, and specific reasons why the mainstream media needs to start covering working class stories again. As a loyal listener to the podcast, we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on Chris’s new book. To receive your discount please go to http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140106872060 and use the promo code 09POD.