Democracy’s Detectives

The Economics of Investigative Journalism

James T. Hamilton

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$36.00 • £28.95 • €32.50

ISBN 9780674545502

Publication Date: 10/10/2016

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384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

2 line illustrations, 38 tables

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James T. Hamilton is Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University.

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Awards & Accolades

2017 Tankard Book Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

2017 Goldsmith Book Prize for Best Academic Book, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

2016 Frank Luther Mott–Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism & Mass Communication Research Award, Kappa Tau Alpha

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