The Elements of Journalism, Revised and Updated 3rd Edition：What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Revisedandupdatedwithanewprefaceandmaterialontheriseofsocialmedia,thechallengesfacingprintednews,andhowjournalismcanfulfillitspurposeinthedigitalage.Seventeenyearsago,theCommitteeofConcernedJournalistsgatheredsomeofAmerica'smostinfluentialnewspeopletoaskthequestion,"Whatisjournalismfor?"Throughexhaustiveresearch,surveys,interviews,andpublicforums,theyidentifiedtheessentialelementsthatdefinejournalismanditsroleinoursociety.Theresultisthis,oneofthemostimportantbooksonthemediaeverwritten,andwinneroftheGoldsmithBookAwardfromHarvard,theSocietyofProfessionalJournalistsaward,andtheBartRichardsAwardfromPennStateUniversity.Updatedwithnewmaterialcoveringtheriseofsocialmedia,sponsoredcontent,anew,collaborativeweb-basedjournalisminwhichanyone--professionalorcitizen--canproducenews,andmuchmore,thisthirdeditionof"TheElementsofJournalism"isanessentialreadforjournalists,students,andanyonehopingtostayinformedinthedigitalage.