Breaking News

The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

De: Alan Rusbridger

Narrado por: Samuel West

We are living through the greatest communication revolution since Gutenberg. In Breaking News Alan Rusbridger offers an open, personal and agenda-setting account of how we arrived at the news world of today.

The President of the United States regularly lies to the public and accuses anyone who criticises him of being fake. Politicians openly rubbish the views of 'so called experts', dissemble and mislead. So how do we hold those in power accountable? Fox News, Breitbart Media and the Murdoch papers peddle views not news, pushing politically motivated agendas. So, where can we look for reliable, verifiable sources of news and information? What does it mean for democracy? And what will the future hold?

Reflecting on his 20 years as editor of the Guardian and his experience of breaking some of the most significant news stories of our time, including the Edward Snowden revelations, phone hacking, wikileaks and the Keep in the Ground campaign, Rusbridger answers these questions and offers a stirring defence of why quality journalism matters now more than ever.

©2018 Alan Rusbridger (P)2018 Canongate Books Ltd

Investigative Journalism vs Politics

I listened this entire Audible book on my 16 hrs drive and back to NJ in 2 days. Great book if you want to broaden your understanding on types of Journalism. From Investigative to tabloids , Environtment science, sports etc. It also gives you a current picuture of the world NEWS organization which stay afloat during socoal media google, FB era, Political influences and interferences in Journalism . Alan did very good job in narrating all the above relating with own life story when he was at Guardian.

Excellent

Outstanding review of historical social and political trends that have brought us to this point in time. Great job providing context for some of the most important current issues. Did not anticipate being quite so riveted. Narrator was excellent as well

Possibly the best ‘behind the scenes’ book on British and Western journalism

A career story that becomes a gripping analysis on the (perilous) state of journalism today, how we got here and what the future could bring (spoiler: not positive, but also not quite as pessimistic as how Nick Davies concluded Flat Earth News). Slow, number crunching at times, but several chapters read almost like a thriller, f.i. the inside stories on the News International phone-hacking scandal and the Guardian’s involvement with Wikileaks and Snowden and the dealings with big tech companies. (I understand better now why Rusbridger voluntarily chooses to be on the Facebook Oversight Board). Narrator Samuel West was - is he ever not? - wonderful. Let’s hope the audiobook Gods give him more of this type of socially important material in future.