num_pages: 320
description: Freedom of the press is a primary American value. Good journalism builds communities, arms citizens with important information, and serves as a public watchdog for civic, national, and global issues. But what happens when the news turns its back on its public role?Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post , and Robert G. Kaiser, associate editor and senior correspondent, report on a growing crisis in American journalism. From the corporatization that leads media moguls to slash content for profit, to newsrooms that ignore global crises to report on personal entertainment, these veteran journalists chronicle an erosion of independent, relevant journalism. In the process, they make clear why incorruptible reporting is crucial to American society. Rooted in interviews and first-hand accounts, the authors take us inside the politically charged world of one of America’s powerful institutions, the media.
language: English
title: The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril
titlecomplete: The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril
genres: College, History, Cultural, Journalism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 101
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Goldsmith Book Prize
category: Trade
publisher: Vintage