An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, written by one of the most accomplished journalists of our time Technology has radically altered the news landscape.
He is the author of Play It Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible and is currently chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University..
About the Author: Alan Rusbridger was editor in chief of Guardian News and Media from 1995 to 2015.
Here, Rusbridger vividly observes the media\'s transformation from close range while also offering a vital assessment of the risks and rewards of practicing Journalism in a high-impact, high-stress time.
At the same time, Rusbridger helped The Guardian become a pioneer in Internet journalism, stressing free access and robust interactions with readers.
S.diplomatic cables, and later the revelation of Edward Snowden\'s National Security Agency files.
He oversaw an extraordinary run of world-shaking scoops, including the exposure of phone hacking by London tabloids, the Wikileaks release of U.
In the twenty years he spent editing The Guardian, Rusbridger managed the transformation of the progressive British daily into the most visited serious English-language newspaper site in the world.
In Breaking News, Alan Rusbridger demonstrates how these decisive shifts have occurred, and what they mean for the future of democracy.
The Internet allows consequential revelations, closely guarded secrets, and dangerous misinformation to spread at the speed of a click.
Algorithms select which stories we see.
Once-powerful newspapers have lost their clout or been purchased by owners with particular agendas.
An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, written by one of the most accomplished journalists of our time Technology has radically altered the news landscape
