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Author:	Leonard Downie Jr., Robert G. Kaiser	Edition:	1
Publisher:	Alfred a Knopf Inc	ISBN-10:	0375408746
Subject:	Reference	ISBN-13:	9780375408748
Topic:	--	Format:	Hardcover
Language:	English	Publication Year:	2002
Condition:	Good	Special Attributes:	--

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Two Washington Post executives who earned their stripes as investigative reporters explore the shortcomings of contemporary journalism, addressing both why the industry is in peril and what can be done to save it. This volume includes case studies of famous examples of investigative journalism, with interviews with industry giants Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and others.
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Length:	292 pages
Height:	9.8 in.
Width:	6.8 in.
Thickness:	1.1 in.
Weight:	20.8 oz.

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From two of America’s most prominent and accomplished journalists, an impassioned investigation of an endangered species, good journalism. Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser—both reporters and editors at the Washington Post for nearly four decades—take us inside the American news media to reveal why the journalism we watch and read is so often so bad, and to explain what can be done about it. They demonstrate how the media’s preoccupation with celebrities, entertainment, sensationalism and profits can make a mockery of news. They remind us of the value of serious journalism with inside accounts of how great stories were reported and written—a New York Times investigation of Scientology and the IRS, and a Washington Post exposé of police excesses. They recount a tense debate inside their own newsroom about whether to publicize a presidential candidate’s long-ago love affair. They also provide surprisingly candid interviews with Dan Rather, Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw. The authors explain why local television news is so uninformative. They evaluate news on the Internet, noting how unreliable it can be, and why it is so important to the future of the news business. Coverage of the terrorist attacks on America in the fall of 2001 demonstrated that the news media can still do outstanding work, Downie and Kaiser write, but that does not guarantee a bright future for news. Their book makes exceedingly clear why serious, incorruptible, revelatory reporting is crucial to the health of American society if we are to be informed, equipped to make decisions and protected from the abuse of power. And it allows all of us to feel like insiders in one of America’s most powerful institutions, the media.
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"Downie and Kaiser write from inside the tent, and they write from experience. Their views are worth our attention." Washington Post Book World (02/24/2002) "This is an important, up-to-date study that should be required reading for journalism students and serious consumers of the news." Publishers Weekly (02/18/2002) "[An] important book....Downie and Kaiser offer valuable firsthand insights into how The Washington Post and other papers have kept the faith, and they are not self-serving. Their reporting on journalism's bottom-feeders, and on those driving news organizations in that direction, is easily worth the price of the book." New York Times Book Review (03/10/2002) "[A] valuable and alarming book...." Los Angeles Times Book Review - David Shaw "[A] thorough piece of reporting in the upright plain-but-honest tradition. New York Review of Books - Russell Baker (07/18/2002)

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Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0375408746
Title : The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril
EAN : 9780375408748
Authors : Leonard Downie Jr., Robert G. Kaiser
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Knopf
Publication Date : 2002-02-19
Pages : 304
List Price (MSRP) : 25.00
Height : 1.3000 inches
Width : 6.6000 inches
Length : 9.7000 inches
Weight : 1.3500 pounds
Keywords : General, General AAS, Media Studies, Journalism, Newspapers & Magazines, Hardcover, Printed Books
Condition : Good

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