Show, don’t tell
This article reviews Tom Rosenstiel's book 'The Next Journalism,' which explores the evolving role of journalism in the digital age. The author emphasizes that modern journalism must focus on providing value to the audience through data and local engagement rather than traditional reporting models.
Why it matters
It addresses the existential crisis facing the news industry and proposes a framework for how journalism can remain relevant and sustainable in a tech-driven society.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. — United States Constitution, First Amendment
When the framers of the US constitution set out to codify American rights and freedoms they put “the press” in the first rank, where it has not only remained but become a global benchmark for how well societies serve and protect citizens. An existential crisis for an institution of that significance is inevitably a crisis of much greater import than a failure of any other industry. And journalism is undoubtedly experiencing a crisis.
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