| "America’s Best Selling Authors Series" Featuring Anthony M. Davis & Alex S. Jones. |
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| Saturday, 24 October 2009 00:00 | |||||||||
Anthony also holds numerous awards, having been named Federal Employee of the Year, Civil Law Enforcement, and winner of the Professional Service Award from the Forum Petrochemical Industry for Security/Force Protection. He additionally received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, and is a retired USCG Officer. Alex S. Jones is one of the nation's most frequently-cited authorities on media issues. He covered the press for The New York Times from 1983 to 1992 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. For the past eight years he has been Director of Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and is the Laurence M. Lombard Lecturer in the Press and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His latest book, Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy, explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Alex says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media to serious news is fading. Should we lose a critical mass of this news, our democracy will weaken—and possibly even begin to fail. The breathtaking possibilities that the web offers are undeniable, but at what cost? The shattering of the old economic model is taking a toll on journalistic values and standards. Journalistic objectivity and ethics are under assault, as is the bastion of the First Amendment. Pundits and talk show hosts have persuaded Americans that the crisis in news is bias and partisanship. Losing the News is a vivid depiction of the dangers facing fact-based, reported news, but it is also a call to arms. Despite the current crisis, there are many hopeful signs, and Alex closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved. Hosted by Steve Murphy. Brought to you by "America's Premier Lawyers" Contact:Anthony M. DavisTerrorism and the Maritime Transportation System http://www.anthonymdavis.com Alex S. Jones Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Losing-the-News/Alex-S-Jones/e/9780195181234/?itm=2&usri=1 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & HOST: |
