Books

Google, Facebook, and the Crisis of News and Democracy

Google, Facebook, and the Crisis of News and Democracy

Can regulators now do what Silicon Valley has failed to do?
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In his new book "Recovered Memory," Frank Van Riper meditates on his career in newspapers from the 1960s to the 1980s
The End of the Ad World as We Knew It

The End of the Ad World as We Knew It

In “Frenemies,” media reporter Ken Auletta examines the collateral damage wrought by an age of consumers living an ad-free existence

Murder and the Making of a Journalist

In “My Brother Moochie,” Issac J. Bailey investigates the murder his oldest brother committed and comes to terms with difficult truths
AI’s Potential to Create Audience-of-One Media

AI’s Potential to Create Audience-of-One Media

In “Unscaled,” venture capitalist Hemant Taneja contends that disruption in the media is upending economies of scale
“She set the standard and then raised it”

“She set the standard and then raised it”

Exploring the power of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s investigative journalism and pointed commentary
Tim O'Reilly on ways to put the brakes on "fake news" and rebuild trust on the internet

Tim O’Reilly on ways to put the brakes on “fake news” and rebuild trust on the internet

In “WTF: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up To Us,” web guru O’Reilly suggests it is time to reinvent social institutions for our online era
Dead Bodies, Nationality, and the “Newsworthy” Image

Dead Bodies, Nationality, and the “Newsworthy” Image

“Death Makes the News” examines the narratives conveyed by photographs taken in the U.S. vs. abroad during times of tragedy
How News Flows on Social Media

How News Flows on Social Media

In “Twitter and Tear Gas,” Zeynep Tufekci examines how invisible gatekeepers— algorithms—affect which stories and movements gain traction
Political Journalism in a Networked Age

Political Journalism in a Networked Age

“Journalism After Snowden: The Future of the Free Press in the Surveillance State” examines the changing power dynamics between reporters and government