Books

Ken Auletta’s ‘Backstory’ Reveals Insights About the Business of News

What happens when the romance of journalism collides with the reality of business?

Murder Trials and Media Sensationalism

The press frenzy of a century ago echoes in the coverage of trials today.
‘Primarily New Hampshire’

‘Primarily New Hampshire’

An upcoming book looks behind the scenes of a presidential primary.

With Deadlines Past, a Journalist Observes the Coverage

‘There are far too many campaign media people quoted in the copy for my taste.’

‘Coloring the News’ Collides With Journalists

‘… too many of those with heavy investments in the diversity crusade either read my arguments wrong or preferred not to review their investments.’

Documenting the Orangeburg Massacre

At 10:33 p.m. on the night of February 8, 1968, eight to 10 seconds of police gunfire left three young black men dying and 27 wounded on the campus of…

Books Every Science Writer Should Read

This list of recommended books has been assembled by Boyce Rensberger, director of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It represents only a start on…

Spring 2001: Book Reviews Introduction

Robert Jensen, a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, reviews “Drive-By Journalism: The Assault on Your Need to Know,” by Arthur Rowse. Anil Padmanabhan, a 2001 Nieman…

Unraveling the Story of Digital Media

A book confronts contentious issues of the new American media.

American Journalism Is Failing Democracy

An author and critic look in different directions to find solutions.