Journalists: Old Dogs, New Tricks

Journalism grows increasingly important to our daily lives even as its organizations and procedures are undergoing profound changes.

The source of many of those changes, of course, is the World Wide Web and the communication revolution that it has spawned. Until the mid-1990s, few imagined the way we would receive news and information would shift so radically.

And with that shift has also been a change in the way journalists gather, process and disseminate news.

That’s what this book is about.

Yet, the basic principles and assumptions of journalism have not changed. Accurate information accurately presented is still the gold standard of the profession. Good writing is the basic skill. Honesty with sources and audience guides the journalistic process. Transparency, fairness, objectivity -- none of these concepts has been replaced by anything in our digital age.

And that’s what this book is about, too.