Blur: How to Know What's True in the Age of Information Overload by Bill Kovach
Bill Kovach . Unknown Year . English
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. 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. In an age when the line between citizen and journalist is becoming increasingly unclear, Blur is a crucial guide for those who want to know what's true.
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About the Author
Tom Rosenstiel is the author of 12 books including four novels. His newest book is The Next Journalism: How the Press Must Change to Serve Democracy, (August 2026, Crown/Penguin Random House). His book, The Elements of Journalism, co-authored with Bill Kovach, has been called by the Wall Street Journal "one of the best five books" on journalism ever written," (Wall Street Journal), has been translated into more than 25 languages and is used in journalism schools across the US and worldwide. His political thrillers feature the fixers Peter Rena and Randi Brooks. A professor at the University of Maryland and a senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago, he was a national correspondent for the LA Times and Newsweek, executive director of the American Press Institute and founded and for 16 years directed media research at the Pew Research Center in Washington. He lives outside Washington, D.C.
