THE ELEMENTS OF JOURNALISM: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
Bill Kovach, THE ELEMENTS OF JOURNALISM: What Newspeople Should Know and. , $20 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-609-60783-1
In 1997, 25 men and women formed the Committee of Concerned Journalists and began a three-year investigation into what they believe is a crisis in journalism today. If, as they set forth, "the purpose of journalism is to provide people with the information they need to be free and self-governing," the committee believes that journalism has lost its credibility in the interest of the bottom line. One of the main reasons for this new emphasis on the bottom line, claim committee chair Kovach and fellow member Rosenstiel (coauthors of
Reviewed on: 04/02/2001
Genre: Nonfiction
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