The News About the NewsThe News About the News
American Journalism in Peril
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Current format, Book, 2002, 1st ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsFrom two of America’s most prominent and accomplished journalists, an impassioned investigation of an endangered species, good journalism.
Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser—both reporters and editors at the Washington Post for nearly four decades—take us inside the American news media to reveal why the journalism we watch and read is so often so bad, and to explain what can be done about it.
They demonstrate how the media’s preoccupation with celebrities, entertainment, sensationalism and profits can make a mockery of news. They remind us of the value of serious journalism with inside accounts of how great stories were reported and written—a New York Times investigation of Scientology and the IRS, and a Washington Post exposé of police excesses. They recount a tense debate inside their own newsroom about whether to publicize a presidential candidate’s long-ago love affair.
They also provide surprisingly candid interviews with Dan Rather, Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw. The authors explain why local television news is so uninformative. They evaluate news on the Internet, noting how unreliable it can be, and why it is so important to the future of the news business.
Coverage of the terrorist attacks on America in the fall of 2001 demonstrated that the news media can still do outstanding work, Downie and Kaiser write, but that does not guarantee a bright future for news. Their book makes exceedingly clear why serious, incorruptible, revelatory reporting is crucial to the health of American society if we are to be informed, equipped to make decisions and protected from the abuse of power. And it allows all of us to feel like insiders in one of America’s most powerful institutions, the media.
Two editors from the Washington Post argue that, while there is some excellent journalism in the United States, much of it is puerile and uninformative. The nature of good journalism is discussed, with the Post and other papers held up as examples and local television news being singled out for strong opprobrium. Separate chapters examine news production at newpapers, network television stations, local stations, and on the Internet. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Two former investigative journalists journey inside the world of contemporary new media to explain why we receive the frequently unsatisfactory news we do, why news reporting is deteriorating, the values that dominate the news business, and how to restore the serious, incorruptible, and revelatory journalism that is crucial to American society. 25,000 first printing.
Journeys inside the world of contemporary news media to explain why news reporting is deteriorating, the values that dominate the news business, and how to restore serious, incorruptible, and revelatory journalism.
Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser—both reporters and editors at the Washington Post for nearly four decades—take us inside the American news media to reveal why the journalism we watch and read is so often so bad, and to explain what can be done about it.
They demonstrate how the media’s preoccupation with celebrities, entertainment, sensationalism and profits can make a mockery of news. They remind us of the value of serious journalism with inside accounts of how great stories were reported and written—a New York Times investigation of Scientology and the IRS, and a Washington Post exposé of police excesses. They recount a tense debate inside their own newsroom about whether to publicize a presidential candidate’s long-ago love affair.
They also provide surprisingly candid interviews with Dan Rather, Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw. The authors explain why local television news is so uninformative. They evaluate news on the Internet, noting how unreliable it can be, and why it is so important to the future of the news business.
Coverage of the terrorist attacks on America in the fall of 2001 demonstrated that the news media can still do outstanding work, Downie and Kaiser write, but that does not guarantee a bright future for news. Their book makes exceedingly clear why serious, incorruptible, revelatory reporting is crucial to the health of American society if we are to be informed, equipped to make decisions and protected from the abuse of power. And it allows all of us to feel like insiders in one of America’s most powerful institutions, the media.
Two editors from the Washington Post argue that, while there is some excellent journalism in the United States, much of it is puerile and uninformative. The nature of good journalism is discussed, with the Post and other papers held up as examples and local television news being singled out for strong opprobrium. Separate chapters examine news production at newpapers, network television stations, local stations, and on the Internet. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Two former investigative journalists journey inside the world of contemporary new media to explain why we receive the frequently unsatisfactory news we do, why news reporting is deteriorating, the values that dominate the news business, and how to restore the serious, incorruptible, and revelatory journalism that is crucial to American society. 25,000 first printing.
Journeys inside the world of contemporary news media to explain why news reporting is deteriorating, the values that dominate the news business, and how to restore serious, incorruptible, and revelatory journalism.
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