Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload
Co-authored with Bill Kovach
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.
“One of the most important books of the year”
— Bob Schieffer, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent
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.
Blur takes the secrets that great journalists employ to decide what makes good journalism and distills them into six essential questions consumers should ask of any content they encounter.