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PREFACE TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION
FOREWORDby George Sternlieb
INTRODUCTIONThe Suburbs and the Press. Suburban Journalism.
1 EVALUATING A STATE'S DAILY NEWSPAPERSThe Anatomy of Newspapers in America. The New Jersey NewspaperStudy. Content Analysis: Method. Content Analysis: Findings. EvaluatingNew Jersey's Daily's Newspapers.
2 THE BIG FISHThe Ghost of the Newark News. The Star-Ledger: To the Survivor Go theSpoils. The Slick, Rich Record of Hackensack. The Right Paper in theRight Place at the Right Time: The Asbury Park Press. The Awakeningof the Courier-Post.
3 STAYING ALIVE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEYMorris County's Daily Record. The Daily Advance Struggles to Survive.The New Jersey Herald in Rural Sussex. The Herald-News: "You MightEven Ask Why We Exist." Allbritton's Thin Sisters: The Paterson Newsand the Hudson Dispatch. Jersey City's Journal. The Daily Journal ofElizabeth.
4 SUBURBAN CENTRAL NEW JERSEYThe 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 LEVITTOWNThe Great Trenton Newspaper War. The Burlington County Times: GrowingUp in Levittown.
6 THE JERSEY SHORE . . . AND POINTS SOUTHLiving in the Shadow of the Asbury Park Press: The Daily Register and theOcean County Times-Observer. The Atlantic City Press Bets on Casinos.Cumberland County's Three Dailies. The Gloucester County Times GoesLocal. Today's Sunbeam Serves Salem.
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