Beyond News: The Future of Journalism

by Mitchell Stephens

Book Overview

For a century and a half, journalists made a good business out of selling the latest news or selling ads next to that news. Now that news pours out of the Internet and our mobile devices--fast, abundant, and mostly free--that era is ending. Our best journalists, Mitchell Stephens argues, instead must offer original, challenging perspectives--not just slightly more thorough accounts of widely reported events. His book proposes a new standard: "wisdom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231159382
• ISBN13: 9780231159388
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"