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| Beyond News: The Future of Journalism
ISBN: 9780231536295
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Journalism -- History -- 21st century; Journalism -- Technological innovations; Online journalism; Reporters and reporting;
Stephens, a professor of journalism at New York University, questions what should be next for modern journalism in the demanding digital age. He explores options for a news industry to revamp and retool, noting that journalists must "return to an older and higher view of their calling." With the Internet, the news business requires not only collecting facts and details of events, and opinionated views, but a need to practice "wisdom journalism" - thoughtful judgment, insight, and informed argument - which is sometimes lacking in current media. The book's astute observations, supported by historic writings of theories and principles, offer the reader various ways to approach the challenges and obstacles confronting the media's content, distribution, and quality then and now. Rather than stressing the dominance of technology, Stephens addresses the preparation, expertise, fairness, and reliability of journalists who present the information and arguments to the consumer. Stephens, not one to say he has all the answers, admits in his remarkable survey on media that "journalism can and must improve [but] will remain vulnerable to hastiness and the passions of the moment." For information buffs, this is a feast, intelligent and candidly forthright. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Mitchell Stephens is a professor of journalism at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Institute. His books include A History of News , named a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year"; The Rise of the Image, the Fall of the Word ; Broadcast News ; and Writing and Reporting the News . He has written for the New York Times , the Washington Post , and the Los Angeles Times . Much of the research for this book was completed while Stephens was a fellow at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard's Kennedy School. |
