Looking to the Margins: The “Outsider Within” Journalistic Fiction

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1.	Title	Title of document	Looking to the Margins: The “Outsider Within” Journalistic Fiction
2.	Creator	Author's name, affiliation, country	Amanda Rossie; Ohio State University
3.	Subject	Discipline(s)	Journalism; Communication; History; Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Fiction; Lesbians; Gay; Gender; Sexuality; Newspaper Practice
3.	Subject	Keyword(s)	Image of the Journalist; Image of the Reporter; Popular Culture; Fiction; Lesbians; Gay; Gender; Sexuality; Newspaper Practice
4.	Description	Abstract	Former journalists Kim McLarin (Taming It Down, 1998) and Lisa Haddock (Edited Out, 1994; Final Cut, 1995) mine their experiences in the world of journalism to create two characters – one African American and one lesbian – who struggle between journalism’s world of power and privilege and the responsibilities toward their own minority communities. The characters exemplify what it means to be an “outsider within” the newsroom and their own community in an effort to climb the career ladder while staying true to their roots. This paper examines how race and gender define each woman’s experience in journalism, and how these fictional representations portray minority reporters to the world.
5.	Publisher	Organizing agency, location	The Norman Lear Center - USC Annenberg
6.	Contributor	Sponsor(s)
7.	Date	(YYYY-MM-DD)	2009-07-15
8.	Type	Status & genre	Peer-Reviewed Article
8.	Type	Type
9.	Format	File format	PDF
10.	Identifier	Universal Resource Indicator	http://ijpc.uscannenberg.org/journal/index.php/ijpcjournal/article/view/11
11.	Source	Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year)	The IJPC Journal; Volume 1 - Fall 2009
12.	Language	English=en	en
13.	Relation	Supp. Files
14.	Coverage	Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.)
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