What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
Revised and Updated 4th Edition
More than two decades ago, the Committee of Concerned Journalists gathered some of America’s most influential newspeople and asked them, “What is journalism for?” Through exhaustive research, surveys, interviews, and public forums, the committee identified the essential elements that define journalism and its role in our society. The result is one of the most important books on media ever written—winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard, a Society of Professional Journalists Award, and the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism from Penn State University.
“Don’t even think of becoming a reporter, editor, columnist or influential blogger without reading this modern classic”
— William Safire, New York Times
Updated with new material covering the ways journalists can leverage technology to their advantage, especially given the shifting revenue architecture of news—and with the future of news, facts, and democracy never more in question—this fourth edition of The Elements of Journalism is the authoritative guide for journalists, students, and anyone hoping to stay informed in contentious times.
“The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published int he last fifty years”
— Roy Peter Clark, Poynter Institute