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By The People A Blogger's Vision For Restoring Trust In The News And Reviving A Truly Free Press

By The People A Blogger's Vision For Restoring Trust In The News And Reviving A Truly Free Press

Jay Rosen
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The first major book to explore the arresting ways in which the Internet and blogging are transforming the press--for the public's benefit
Are the bloggers beating big media? Jay Rosen contends that the answer is yes--and that's a good thing. Indeed, he argues that the press will have to learn from the bloggers in order to survive.
A prominent blogger himself, Rosen explains how the coverage of the Iraq war and the 2004 campaign and the controversies over Dan Rather's forged-memo story and "Newsweek"'s Koran-desecration article have forced the "fourth estate" to acknowledge its decaying authority, its decreasing relevance, and its disappearing audience. In its place, blogging and the Internet are giving ordinary citizens far more access to firsthand reporting and analysis, both by professional journalists in the far reaches of the world and by people just like themselves. Rosen shows how journalism is being reinvented by such pioneers as Chris Albritton, who snuck into Iraq as one of a handful of independent, non-embedded reporters; the Greensboro, North Carolina, newspaper that has invited its readers to rewrite their news coverage, online and in real time; and a blogger in Rochester, Minnesota, who uncovered genocide in Ethiopia.
Ultimately Rosen argues that the press must become even more interactive, following the "open-source" model of the software world, if it is to reinvigorate the public's trust in the people who report the news.
" By the People" is an essential book for anyone who cares about the future of journalism.
Publisher
Times Books
Release
October 01, 2022
ISBN
0805079785
ISBN 13
9780805079784

By The People A Blogger's Vision For Restoring Trust In The News And Reviving A Truly Free Press

Jay Rosen
0/5 ( ratings)
The first major book to explore the arresting ways in which the Internet and blogging are transforming the press--for the public's benefit
Are the bloggers beating big media? Jay Rosen contends that the answer is yes--and that's a good thing. Indeed, he argues that the press will have to learn from the bloggers in order to survive.
A prominent blogger himself, Rosen explains how the coverage of the Iraq war and the 2004 campaign and the controversies over Dan Rather's forged-memo story and "Newsweek"'s Koran-desecration article have forced the "fourth estate" to acknowledge its decaying authority, its decreasing relevance, and its disappearing audience. In its place, blogging and the Internet are giving ordinary citizens far more access to firsthand reporting and analysis, both by professional journalists in the far reaches of the world and by people just like themselves. Rosen shows how journalism is being reinvented by such pioneers as Chris Albritton, who snuck into Iraq as one of a handful of independent, non-embedded reporters; the Greensboro, North Carolina, newspaper that has invited its readers to rewrite their news coverage, online and in real time; and a blogger in Rochester, Minnesota, who uncovered genocide in Ethiopia.
Ultimately Rosen argues that the press must become even more interactive, following the "open-source" model of the software world, if it is to reinvigorate the public's trust in the people who report the news.
" By the People" is an essential book for anyone who cares about the future of journalism.
Publisher
Times Books
Release
October 01, 2022
ISBN
0805079785
ISBN 13
9780805079784

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