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

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 5 oct. 2010 - 240 pages
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-veteran journalists and media critics Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel have written a pragmatic guide to navigating the twenty-first century media terrain.

Yes, old authorities are being dismantled, new ones created, and the very nature of knowledge has changed. But seeking the truth remains the purpose of journalism. How do we discern what is reliable? Blur provides a road map, or more specifically, reveals the craft that has been used in newsrooms by the very best journalists for getting at the truth.

In an age when the line between citizen and journalist is becoming increasingly unclear, Blur is a crucial guide for those who want to know what's true.
 

Table des matières

How to Know What to Believe Anymore
1
We Have Been Here Before
12
The Tradecraft of Verification
26
What Is Here and What Is Missing?
57
Where Did This Come From?
74
Evidence and the Journalism of Verification
94
Wheres the Evidence?
121
How to Find What Really Matters
146
What We Need from the Next Journalism
170
The New Way of Knowing
198
Appendix
205
Acknowledgments
209
Notes
211
Index
219
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À propos de l'auteur (2010)

In his 50-year career, Bill Kovach has been chief of the New York Times Washington Bureau, served as editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and curated the Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University. He is founding chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and senior counselor for the Project for Excellence in Journalism. He was named to the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies at Middle Tennessee State University.

A journalist for more than 30 years, Tom Rosenstiel worked as chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek and as a media critic for the Los Angeles Times and MSNBC's The News With Brian Williams. His books include Strange Bedfellows and We Interrupt This Newscast. Rosenstiel is vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Together, Kovach and Rosenstiel have authored two books: The Elements of Journalism, winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University, and Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media.

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