In his 50-year career, Bill Kovach has been chief of the New York Times Washington Bureau, served as editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and curated the Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University. He is founding chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and senior counselor for the Project for Excellence in Journalism. He was named to the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies at Middle Tennessee State University.
A journalist for more than 30 years, Tom Rosenstiel worked as chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek and as a media critic for the Los Angeles Times and MSNBC's The News With Brian Williams. His books include Strange Bedfellows and We Interrupt This Newscast. Rosenstiel is vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Together, Kovach and Rosenstiel have authored two books: The Elements of Journalism, winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University, and Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media.
"Provide[s] a roadmap for maintaining a steady course through our messy media landscape... Readers gain the analytical skills necessary for understanding this new terrain." - Publishers Weekly "Impassioned and practical... It argues persuasively for the virtues of traditional journalism without in any way resisting the sweeping changes the Internet has brought to the profession. It's hard to imagine a more urgently necessary task, for journalism and for democratic societies, than the one Kovach and Rosenstiel have taken on." - Nicholas Lemann, Dean, Columbia School of Journalism "This is one of the most important books of the year... A sobering but even handed analysis that should be valuable to all of us in journalism and the citizens we serve." - Bob Schieffer, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent ""If I had $1 million I would buy a copy of this book for every high school senior in America... [It] might be the most important book they will read in their lives-the one that will help them evaluate everything else they read." - David M. Shribman, executive editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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