Profits and Losses: Business Journalism and Its Role in Society - Softcover

Recognizing the historical importance of business news in journalism, this work asserts that current social attitudes were set in place by 20th-century reporting on finance, business trends, markets, unemployment, governmental economic policy, corporate malfeasance, and the consumer. A comprehensive look at the history of American business news reporting--from its conception to today's online news outlets--topics touched upon include breakthroughs in automobile safety; food and drug regulation; and response to problems of pollution, energy, and global trade that remain critical to debates of the future.

Chris Roush is the Walter E Hussman Sr Distinguished Scholar at University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill. He has been quoted about business journalism in publications such as American Journalism Review, the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.