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WE’VE WRITTEN Maplewood THE FOURTH ESTATE: NOT DEAD YET Longtime journalist and Fairleigh Dickinson media ethics professor JOE STRUPP is concerned about the future of his beloved profession. In his recent book Killing Journalism: How Greed, Laziness (and Donald Trump) are Destroying News and How we can Save It (Willow Street Press, $20), he explores the causes of the indus- STRUPP try’s woes, and possi- ble solutions. In an email, Strupp advis- es Millburn & Short Hills Magazine readers who love quality journalism to support “credible and valid news outlets — be it newspapers, news channels or websites — and oppose those that are not credible.” A Maplewood resident who grew up in Summit, he says that despite all the challenges, young people who “look at journalism as a calling” should “stick to the ethics and mission of journalism, which includes holding truth to power and finding out the who, what, where, when and why of the big stories of the day. The money is not great and the hours are lousy, but the high and the exhilaration make up for it.” NOW SEARCH IT! D i g d e e p ( a n d i n s t a n t l y ) i n t o m o r e t h a n 1 2 0 y e a r s o f n e w s a r c h i v e s a n d 3 .2 2 m i l l i o n p a g e s f r o m T h e R e c o r d . V i s i t N o r t h J e r s e y . c o m / a r c h i v e s t o s u b s c r i b e a n d s e a r c h t o d a y . MILLBURN & SHORT HILLS MAGAZINE MAY 2019 11