ABSTRACT
Much has been said about the emergence of a “new journalism” since September 11. Amid a phenomenal surge in ratings and news-stand sales in the weeks after the attacks, analysts talked about a new sense of purpose sweeping newspapers and newscasts (Auletta 2001). Mention was made of a “colossal shift” from frivolous to serious journalism (Jensen 2001). Pundits assessed that the media sobered up after a decade-long binge on sensationalism, and they assuredly decreed “the end of soft news.” Observers also applauded the fact that, after having slashed budgets and coverage in the post-Cold War era, news organizations rediscovered foreign news in the wake of September 11 (Parks 2002).
