Going Live: Getting the News Right in a Real-Time, Online World [Hardcover]

Philip Seib paints a vivid picture of the changing media landscape and the implications for the future. He raises important questions about what role journalists will play and very soundly concludes that, in spite of all the changes wrought by new technology, traditional journalistic values must be relied upon and applied.At a time when front-page news can't keep up with homepage news, Philip Seib has taken the time to carefully consider the impact of technology, competition, and business pressure on the continuous deadlines that almost all journalists now face. Like an airborne TV camera crew, Seib follows the high-speed chase for real-time news, but with all the perspective and detail that consumers should rightly expect from any editorial coverage they read or watchin print, on the air, and online.Philip Seib has produced an important book, one that I hope reaches both general and professional audiences. Every page in this timely book contains something worthwhile for the reader.The book should be required reading in all college online journalism classes.A compelling look at how news gathering is changing, for better and worse.Cogent and solidly researched. . . . Evolving journalists especially need to ponder the questions Mr. Seib raises about rushing to judgment in an information age where it always seems to be rush hour.Phil Seib has a great new book.Seib, an experienced newsman . . . manages to say a great deal in a very few pages; Going Live is not merely usefully instructive, it also suggests that the future of American journalism is brighter than pessimists tend to believe.An urgent and cogent reminder that journalistic ethics must attempt to keep pace with the explosive technological revolution.This thoughtful, readable book covers almost every aspect of what is happeningand Seib expects to happento journalism in the 21st century.A thoughtful and important book of great value both to reporters and to citizens who read their words and hear their broadcal“ä