Blur

Ebook

How to Know What's True in the Age of Information Overload

Amid the hand-wringing over the death of "true journalism" in the Internet Age--the din of bloggers, the echo chamber of Twitter, the predominance of Wikipedia--two veteran journalists and media critics present a pragmatic guide to navigating the 21st-century media terrain. Bill Kovach has contributed to Blur as an author. Kovach is the curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Tom Rosenstiel has contributed to Blur as an author. Tom Rosenstiel designed the Project for Excellence in Journalism and directs its activities. He also serves as vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. A journalist for more than 20 years, he is a former media critic for the Los Angeles Times and chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek magazine. Among his books, he is the author with Bill Kovach of The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect (2001).