Margaret Sullivan

"Sullivan remains the critic American journalism requires, a veteran practitioner with street cred, still in touch with the 'unaccountable joy' of reporting and writing that continues to draw talented young people to the field." - Steve Coll, The New York Times Book Review Margaret Sullivan began her career at the Buffalo News, where she rose from summer intern to editor...

Local journalism is on the verge of extinction and this is bad for democracy. This book explains why. Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. Reporting on news-impoverished areas in the U.S. and around the world, America's premier media critic, Margaret Sullivan, charts the contours of the damage...