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This book would not have been possible without the time, expertise and support of my journalist husband, Jeremy Cox. His tireless work editing every chapter, making suggestions based on his years of experience in the field and tightening my writing throughout was invaluable. I cannot thank him enough.

Thanks go out to my colleagues in Salisbury University’s Department of Communication, who picked up the slack while I buried myself in this project during my sabbatical and beyond. Special thanks to my dean, Maarten Pereboom, and department chair, Lori DeWitt, for their assistance with my travels in researching this book and support in completing it. I would also like to thank my 2016 Participatory Journalism class, whose work helped inspire and inform several chapters of this text. In particular, I would like to thank my students, many of whom are out in the field committing amazing acts of journalism. I am proud to feature some of their excellent work in these chapters.

So many wonderful journalists and educators were kind enough to donate their time to give interviews and answer questions, including Michael Kilian, Burt Herman, Lane DeGregory, Terry DeMio, Jacqui Banaszynski, Amy Kovac-Ashley, Katherine Ellis, Abeer Saady, Ted Conover, Nancy Mullane, Steve Hartman, Jesse Hardman, Carolyn Powers, Jennifer Brandel, Sara Catania, Nicole Dahmen, Ben Lowy, Sandra Stevenson, Hannah Gaber, Katie Davis, Al Tompkins and my former student Brooke Reese. This book would not have been possible without their valuable insight and genuine passion for journalism.

The team at SAGE took all the fear and uncertainty out of writing my first book. Special thanks go to my editorial partners, Sarah Wilson and Lily Norton, who answered my copious emails at all hours of the day and night and provided constant wisdom and guidance throughout the writing process. Special thanks to Rachel Keith, who learned a whole new style of writing on my behalf and whose tireless work editing vastly improved the book. My work is better for having all of you on my side. I would also like to thank our SAGE representative, Jerry Higgins, who put me in contact with editors and was the first to help me get this idea off the ground.

I owe everything to my family and friends, who served as my inspiration, my cheerleaders and my support system. Thanks to my parents, who made me the person I am today: Barbara Albury, who will make this text the crown jewel of her signed-books collection; James Brannock, who will carry it with him wherever he goes to use as a conversation starter; Mindy Brannock, who probably already has a spot picked out for it on the mantel; and Richard Albury, who will notice any errors but will love it anyway. Thanks to my siblings, James and Joshua Brannock, Nathaniel and Julianne Albury and Valerie Gauthier, for always having my back and making my life better. Thank you to my Cox family in-laws for their encouragement. Thanks also to my amazing Salisbury family for their constant love, support and willingness to help in so many ways. I am most grateful to God, who makes all things possible.

Finally, thanks to my daughter, Charlie Cox, who always believed in me, tolerated my hectic schedule and pushed me to be the best I can be. You make me proud every day.

SAGE would like to thank the following instructors for their constructive feedback during the development of this book:

 Stuart C. Babington, Spring Hill College

 Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, Columbia College Chicago

 Lisa Byerley Gary, University of Tennessee

 Judith G. Curtis, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

 Sarah Duerden, Arizona State University

 Sean C. Flannery, Immaculata University

 Andrea Greenbaum, Barry University

 Donna Harrington-Lueker, Salve Regina University

 Mary Haupt, Binghamton University

 Karima A. Hayes, Bowie State University

 Farooq A. Kperogi, Kennesaw State University

 Kevin M. Moist, Penn State Altoona

 Dante Mozie, South Carolina State University

 Robert Nanney, The University of Tennessee at Martin

 Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi, University of North Carolina

 Kathy Petitte Novak, University of Illinois at Springfield

 Robert Rabe, Marshall University

 Jonna Reule Ziniel, Valley City State University

 Melody Sands, Shawnee State University

 Daniel Sipocz, Berry College

 Christina C. Smith, Georgia College and State University