Tradition and Change in the Nicaraguan Press: Newspapers and Journalists in a New Democratic Era

Tradition and Change in the Nicaraguan Press presents a fascinating study of how journalists in contentious Nicaragua are overcoming political and economic barriers to better serve their readers in the 21st Century. A desperately poor Central American country, Nicaragua presents special obstacles to journalists, including low salaries, threats against freedom of the press, and a society ravaged by poverty, corruption and natural disasters such as 1998's Hurricane Mitch. Kris Kodrich uses a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to examine journalists' behaviors and attitudes, and measures the professional and ethical impact of foreign influences at the nation's daily newspapers.