Inside the Upheaval of Journalism
eBook - PDF

Inside the Upheaval of Journalism

Reporters Look Back on 50 Years of Covering the News

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Inside the Upheaval of Journalism

Reporters Look Back on 50 Years of Covering the News

About this book

In the spring of 1969, 101 students received master's degrees from Columbia University's prestigious School of Journalism, where they had learned the trade as it was then practiced. Most hoped to start a career in newspapers, radio, television or magazines, the established forms of journalism of that era. Little did they realize how the news world they were entering would be upended by the internet and by the social forces that would sweep through the country over the next 50 years.

This book tells the story of the news media revolution through the eyes of those in the Class of 1969 who lived it and helped make it happen. It is an insider's look at the reshaping of the Fourth Estate and the information Americans now get and don't get—crucial aspects of the vibrancy of democracy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter Authors
  7. Chapter One—Fifty Years of Journalism: A Sweep of Change (Martin Gottlieb / Susan Spencer)
  8. Chapter Two—Technology: The Revolution of Our Time (Kenneth Tiven)
  9. Chapter Three—Women: Forging Towards Recognition (Dotty Brown)
  10. Chapter Four—Diversity: A Work in Progress (Marquita Pool-Eckert)
  11. Chapter Five—Politics: Reporting in the Age of Distrust (Alan Ehrenhalt)
  12. Chapter Six—International Reporting: A World of Difference (Michèle Montas-Dominique)
  13. Chapter Seven—Criminal Justice: The Journey from “Give Me Rewrite!” (Ted Gest)
  14. Chapter Eight—Medicine: From Gee-Whiz to Hard-Edged (Richard Knox)
  15. Chapter Nine—Business: How Big Media Missed Small and Personal (David E. Gumpert)
  16. Chapter Ten—Covering the God Beat in a Time of Change (Tammy Tanaka)
  17. Chapter Eleven—Book Publishing: Authors on the Front Line (Carla Fine)
  18. Chapter Twelve—J-Schools: In the Wake of New Media (Tom Goldstein)
  19. Postscript: An Informed News Consumer's View
  20. Index