Despite the criticisms that have been leveled at news organizations
in recent years and the many difficulties they face, journalism
matters. It matters, argues Schudson, because it orients people
daily in the complex and changing worlds in which they live. It
matters because it offers a fact-centered, documented approach to
pertinent public issues. It matters because it keeps watch on the
powerful, especially those in government, and can press upon them
unpleasant truths to which they must respond. Corruption is
stemmed, unwise initiatives stopped, public danger averted because
of what journalists do. This book challenges journalists to think
hard about what they really do. It challenges skeptical news
audiences to be mindful not only of media bias but also of their
own biases and how these can distort their perception. And it holds
out hope that journalism will be for years to come a path for
ambitious, curious young people who love words or pictures or
numbers and want to use them to improve the public conversation in
familiar ways or in ways yet to be imagined.
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