Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now
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An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, written by one of the most accomplished journalists of our time
Technology has radically altered the news landscape. Once-powerful newspapers have lost their clout or been purchased by owners with particular agendas. Algorithms select which stories we see. The Internet allows consequential revelations, closely guarded secrets, and dangerous misinformation to spread at the speed of a click.
In Breaking News, Alan Rusbridger demonstrates how these decisive shifts have occurred, and what they mean for the future of democracy. In the twenty years he spent editing The Guardian, Rusbridger managed the transformation of the progressive British daily into the most visited serious English-language newspaper site in the world. He oversaw an extraordinary run of world-shaking scoops, including the exposure of phone hacking by London tabloids, the Wikileaks release of U.S.diplomatic cables, and later the revelation of Edward Snowden's National Security Agency files. At the same time, Rusbridger helped The Guardian become a pioneer in Internet journalism, stressing free access and robust interactions with readers. Here, Rusbridger vividly observes the media's transformation from close range while also offering a vital assessment of the risks and rewards of practicing journalism in a high-impact, high-stress time.
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Alan Rusbridger. (2018). Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Technology has radically altered the news landscape. Once-powerful newspapers have lost their clout or been purchased by owners with particular agendas. Algorithms select which stories we see. The Internet allows consequential revelations, closely guarded secrets, and dangerous misinformation to spread at the speed of a click.
In Breaking News, Alan Rusbridger demonstrates how these decisive shifts have occurred, and what they mean for the future of democracy. In the twenty years he spent editing The Guardian, Rusbridger managed the transformation of the progressive British daily into the most visited serious English-language newspaper site in the world. He oversaw an extraordinary run of world-shaking scoops, including the exposure of phone hacking by London tabloids, the Wikileaks release of U.S.diplomatic...- isOwnedByCollections
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- content: "Rusbridger . . . shows us continually in his lucid and sometimes-alarming text that technological and cultural changes have occurred so rapidly that newspapers barely had time to inhale before their centuries-old institutions began to crumble, then to reassemble into something quite unrecognizable only a generation ago. . . . He highlights the questions that the traditional media were asking themselves: Should we charge readers for online access? How much? And how? (Rusbridger tells us of plans that worked and others that failed.)"
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- content: "Rusbridger's Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now is a vivid and compelling insider's account of how he and other journalists, including those in the United States, coped with [technological] changes . . . Breaking News details how The Guardian managed to land major scoops, including the truth about phone hacking perpetrated by London tabloids and the disclosure of U.S. diplomatic cables . . . [An] important memoir of a great editor's experience."
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October 1, 2018
A former editor of Guardian News and Media (1995-2015) chronicles the profound recent changes in journalism using the Guardian's story as his primary illustration.Rusbridger (Play It Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible, 2013), now principal of Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford, shows us continually in his lucid and sometimes-alarming text that technological and cultural changes have occurred so rapidly that newspapers barely had time to inhale before their centuries-old institutions began to crumble, then to reassemble into something quite unrecognizable only a generation ago. The author also tells the tale of how the Guardian metamorphosed during his tenure--from a relatively small newspaper into a web-dominating news presence--but he also narrates the activities of some of the other media giants, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. He highlights the questions that the traditional media were asking themselves: Should we charge readers for online access? How much? And how? (Rusbridger tells us of plans that worked and others that failed.) Should we maintain a print presence? What should be the focus and display of our online offerings? Not surprisingly, the longtime editor of this progressive publication has some sharp words about Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump, and the proliferation of (and accusations concerning) "fake news." He also takes us through some of the key stories and issues of the time--and describes the Guardian's involvement in them--including Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden and the issue of government secrets and the sometimes-contradictory right of the people to know. Evident throughout is the author's patent pride in the Guardian and his disdain for writers, publications, and consumers that eschew fact in favor of bias and hype. Rusbridger ends on a note of hope--and concern: "Trust me, we do not want a world without news."In equal measure: informative, alarming, discerning, hopeful, proud, and humble.COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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October 15, 2018
The Guardian began publishing as a local newspaper in 1821. By the twentieth century, it was one of the most widely read and respected English-language papers in the world. Rusbridger was managing editor of the paper from 1995 to 2015, a time of great turmoil for print journalism. While this is essentially an account of his tenure there, Rusbridger also offers fascinating and disturbing insights into the present and future status of journalism in its various manifestations. With pride, he recounts some triumphs of investigative journalism at the Guardian. Rupert Murdoch's phone-hacking efforts were revealed. His paper and the Washington Post shared a Pulitzer Prize for publishing classified information revealed by Edward Snowden. But despite efforts to adapt to internet journalism, the Guardian's financial outlook seriously declined, leading to Rusbridger's concerns about the future of well-researched, fact-based writing. With social media and myriad blogs, vertical reporting (from newspaper to reader) is being eclipsed by horizontal communications that allow unverified and often wild stories to be accepted and shared in seconds. Rusbridger eloquently describes the dangers of this era.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
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November 1, 2018
As editor of London's Guardian newspaper, Rusbridger (chair, journalism, Reuters Inst.; Oxford Univ.; Play It Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible) helped lead the publication into the digital age. His career in journalism began in the early Seventies, which feels like the Bronze Age when he discusses tools of the trade such as the telex network and linotype machines. The Guardian, which is owned by a charitable trust, didn't face the evisceration most American papers have endured in search of dividends yet still struggled with money and circulation, overall weathering the new era better than most. Through this fascinating inside account, each chapter worthy of its own book, Rusbridger discusses how the paper adopted new ways to publish to the Internet and smartphones as well as libel suits, Wikileaks, Edward Snowden, and the experience of other news outlets. VERDICT A must for anyone concerned with the state of journalism today.--Michael Eshleman, Alamogordo, NM
Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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