by Tom Rosenstiel | Aug 23, 2021
The media isn’t just parroting both sides. The problem is more complex. The numbers are hard for some to fathom. More than six in 10 Republicans think Donald Trump’s presidential reelection was stolen. Half believe left-wing protesters staged the Jan. 6 insurrection...
by Tom Rosenstiel | May 21, 2021
Not everyone sees their values reflected in the news. Here’s how journalists can change that. Journalists — at least good ones — believe they work on behalf of the public. They’re the watchers on the wall; the chroniclers of the events over the next hill; the...
by Tom Rosenstiel | Mar 10, 2021
Here are four major challenges to journalism today and four attempts to confront them that are worth watching. “Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit,” wrote Henry Adams. So it is for the news business today. It is fashionable in some quarters to say local...
by Tom Rosenstiel | Jan 28, 2021
A new column from Tom Rosenstiel about the press and politics, culture and media ethics, technology and the search for sustainability for news. Today, in partnership with Poynter, I launch a new column. In the coming months, it will cover a range of matters — the...