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About the Book

Group citizen journalism is emerging in local communities as mainstream media reduces its reporting ranks. This book describes how community group journalism operates at adult and youth levels.

An intimate, inside look at the internal workings of three pioneering publications—that started in 1996, 1998 and 2003—reflects the satisfaction and energizing effect of being able to publish widely without the benefit of a printing press.

About the Author

Jack Driscoll has had a foot in both camps. For 44 years he was a newspaper and wire service reporter and editor, including 39 years at the Boston Globe, serving as The Editor his last seven years. For more than 15 years Driscoll has worked in the field of community journalism, principally in his role as Editor-in-Residence at the MIT Media Laboratory. He also is affiliated with the Center for the Future of Civic Media that began at MIT in 2007. He and his wife Dolores have four daughters and six grandchildren.