Saturday July 04, 2009

CCJ Books

The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute
We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

Just Released
A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news -- what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media

April 1, 1999

Warp SpeedWarp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media
-- by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel

The work of the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists has served as the basis for Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media, a Century Foundation book by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, with a preface by David Halberstam.

Rosenstiel and Kovach examine what they call the new Mixed Media Culture, in which the classic function of journalism to sort out a true and reliable account of the day's events is being undermined and displaced by the continuous news cycle, the growing power of sources over reporters, varying and inconsistent standards of journalism, and a fascination with inexpensive, polarizing argument. The authors explore the implications of these changes for the role of journalism as a cohesive element in our culture and as a forum for public debate and catalyst for problem solving.

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