American journalists have been classified as
narcissistic, power-oriented extroverts who "move in
a world of excitement, variety, stimulation and
quick-gratification." Does this vain description of
America's storytellers hold true to actual
journalists working in the broadcast newsroom? This
book challenges popular images of a unique species,
the journalist, by analyzing broadcast journalists in
twenty-nine broadcast newsrooms in Ohio, a Midwestern
state of the United States.

Researchers such as Everette Dennis of the Freedom
Forum Media Center argue that "if who American
journalists are influences, shapes, and biases the
news, we should care very much about the current
inventory of these species." Over the past century,
journalists have been labeled, classified, and
categorized. But do the pre-conceptualized labels
hold true to actual journalists working in the field
or are the stereotypes a distant cry from the truth.