{"product_id":"americas-last-great-newspaper-war-mike-jaccarino-9780823298518","title":"America's Last Great Newspaper War: The Death of Print in a Two-Tabloid Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA from-the-trenches view of \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e runners and photographers as they stop at nothing to break the story and squash their tabloid arch-rivals.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen author Mike Jaccarino was offered a job at the Daily News in 2006, he was asked a single question: \"Kid, what are you going to do to help us beat the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e?\" That was the year things went sideways at the News, when the\u003ci\u003e New York Post \u003c\/i\u003esurpassed its nemesis in circulation for the first time in the history of both papers. Tasked with one job--crush the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e--Jaccarino here provides the behind-the-scenes story of how the runners and shooters on both sides would do anything and everything to get the scoop before their opponents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post \u003c\/i\u003ehave long been the Hatfields and McCoys of American media: two warring tabloids in a town big enough for only one of them. As digital news rendered print journalism obsolete, the fight to survive in NYC became an epic, Darwinian battle. In \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Last Great Newspaper War\u003c\/i\u003e, Jaccarino exposes the untold story of this tabloid death match of such ferocity and obsession its like has not occurred since Pulitzer- Hearst. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through the eyes of hungry \"runners\" (field reporters) and \"shooters\" (photographers) who would employ phony police lights to overcome traffic, Mike Jaccarino's memoir unmasks the do-whatever-it-takes era of reporting--where the ends justified the means and nothing was off-limits. His no-holds-barred account describes sneaking into hospitals, months-long stakeouts, infiltrating John Gotti's crypt, bidding wars for scoops, high-speed car chases with Hillary Clinton, O.J. Simpson, and the baby mama of a philandering congressman--all to get that coveted front-page story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, few runners and shooters remain on the street. Their age and exploits are as bygone as the \u003ci\u003eNews\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePost \u003c\/i\u003ewar and American newspapers, generally. Where armies once battled, often no one is covering the story at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFunding for this book was provided by: Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Jaccarino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823298515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823298518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Mike Jaccarino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991072538879,"sku":"9780823298518","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff639d09-0260-46e0-91f3-dc8511471118.jpg?v=1683308279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americas-last-great-newspaper-war-mike-jaccarino-9780823298518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}