PREFACE TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION
FOREWORD
by George Sternlieb
INTRODUCTION
The Suburbs and the Press. Suburban Journalism.
1 EVALUATING A STATE'S DAILY NEWSPAPERS
The Anatomy of Newspapers in America. The New Jersey Newspaper
Study. Content Analysis: Method. Content Analysis: Findings. Evaluating
New Jersey's Daily's Newspapers.
2 THE BIG FISH
The Ghost of the Newark News. The Star-Ledger: To the Survivor Go the
Spoils. The Slick, Rich Record of Hackensack. The Right Paper in the
Right Place at the Right Time: The Asbury Park Press. The Awakening
of the Courier-Post.
3 STAYING ALIVE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
Morris County's Daily Record. The Daily Advance Struggles to Survive.
The New Jersey Herald in Rural Sussex. The Herald-News: "You Might
Even Ask Why We Exist." Allbritton's Thin Sisters: The Paterson News
and the Hudson Dispatch. Jersey City's Journal. The Daily Journal of
Elizabeth.
4 SUBURBAN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
The Home News: On the Banks of the Raritan. "Where the Hell Is Bridgewater,
New Jersey?" The Very Local News Tribune of Woodbridge.
5 THE GREAT TRENTON NEWSPAPER WAR . . . AND PEACEFUL LEVITTOWN
The Great Trenton Newspaper War. The Burlington County Times: Growing
Up in Levittown.
6 THE JERSEY SHORE . . . AND POINTS SOUTH
Living in the Shadow of the Asbury Park Press: The Daily Register and the
Ocean County Times-Observer. The Atlantic City Press Bets on Casinos.
Cumberland County's Three Dailies. The Gloucester County Times Goes
Local. Today's Sunbeam Serves Salem.
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