Thinking Clearly: Cases in Journalistic Decision-Making - Softcover

Rosenstiel, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231125895 ISBN 13: 9780231125895

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Written by professional journalists and classroom-tested at schools of journalism, these case studies are designed to provoke conversation about the issues that shape the production and presentation of the news in the new media age of the twenty-first century. The case studies cover a range of topics -- the commercial imperatives of newsroom culture, standards of verification, the competition of public and private interests, including the question of privacy -- in a variety of settings: Watergate, the Richard Jewell case, John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign, and the Columbine shooting, among others.

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Review

This volume is designed to stimulate the thinking of students to make intelligent moral choices as journalists. . . The narratives of [Columbine and Watergate] are so well presented that it is as though the reader were encountering the material for the first time . . . The book fills a gap in journalism texts . . . Recommended as a supplemental text for all journalism courses.

"This volume is designed to stimulate the thinking of students to make intelligent moral choices as journalists... The narratives of [Columbine and Watergate] are so well presented that it is as though the reader were encountering the material for the first time... The book fills a gap in journalism texts... Recommended as a supplemental text for all journalism courses." -- "Choice"

About the Author

Tom Rosentiel serves as director of The Project for Excellence in Journalism, and as vice chairman for the Committee of Concerned Journalists. He has also been a media critic for the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, and a chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek. His other published works include Warpspeed: America in the Age of Mixed Media, Strange Bedfellows: How Television and the Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics, The Road to Here, and The Beat Goes On: President Clinton's First Year with the Media. Amy S. Mitchell is the associate director of The Project for Excellence in Journalism, where she heads research and educational initiatives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0231125895
• ISBN 13: 9780231125895
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 278