To understand the larger media environment in which journalism is practiced—”the new ocean we’re swimming in,” as Jane Ellen Stevens calls it—she offers four must-read books: “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed … Read more
It’s as much the “nitty-gritty of the journalistic enterprise, the ‘how-do-I-do this’ quality of reporting in Iraq” as “the life of the society he is covering” that Edward A. Gargan, Newsday’s Asia bureau chief, finds in reading Jon Lee … Read more
‘What choices will news organizations make in the years ahead about coverage of the world’s poor and their problems?’ Two new books provide direction. Read more
‘For the first time it has been possible for large numbers of journalists to observe closely the behavior of U.S. troops and how it refracted among Iraqis.’ Read more