New Journalism

Journalism today is moving faster than ever before. With web 2.0, blogging, huge media conglomerates, 24-hour news-networks, and tight legal frameworks, this introduction investigates the role of journalism in the digital age. With priorities shifting, do journalists still strive for truth or are they solely concerned with “infotainment” – driven by sales and ratings? This captivating guide explains the history of journalism, its everyday workings, and the ethical dilemmas that modern journalists face.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of fifteen activists who documented it. At the height of the Black Lives Matter uprisings, African Americans filmed and tweeted evidence of fatal police encounters in dozens of US cities - using little more than the device in their pockets. Their urgent dispatches from the frontlines spurred a global debate on excessive police force, which claimed the lives of African American men, women, and children at disproportionate rates.

The definitive book about how the New York Knicks returned to championship glory after 53 years of waiting, full of exclusive stories shared by players, coaches, and executives. From 1988 to 2001, the Knicks made the playoffs every single year and reached the finals twice. Madison Square Garden...

In a near-future world where technology has not just reshaped society but rewired the very fabric of perception, a new form of journalism emerges, one that doesn't just report the truth but experiences it, transmits it, and makes it indistinguishable from reality itself. In Technesthesia, the boundaries between observer and participant dissolve as immersive media redefines memory, identity, and the very act of knowing. But as perception itself becomes a constructed experience, one question lingers: If the truth can be felt rather than proven, does it still matter if it’s real?

From award-winning journalist and New Yorker contributor Simon Parkin comes the untold true story of the courtroom battle to determine who really invented the video game—and who would profit most from its billion-dollar future. New York, 1988. A lawsuit between Nintendo and US television...

The inside story of how nuclear energy—long considered scary, controversial, and even apocalyptic—has become the hot topic of the climate debate, and perhaps a vital power source of the future On June 21, 2016, Pacific Gas & Electric Company announced a plan to shutter California’s last...

An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, written by one of the most accomplished journalists of our time Technology has radically altered the news landscape. Once-powerful newspapers have lost their clout or been purchased by owners with particular agendas...

On a New Orleans morning in 1900, a young Black man named Robert Charles dared to fight back after an unprovoked assault by three white officers. The officers had first approached Charles on the grounds that he looked “suspicious” in a predominantly white neighborhood, and began to attack him after he stood up. After shots were fired, Charles fled on foot, and legal sanction was granted to anyone who sought to kill the “desperado” (as the white newspapers of the time quickly labeled him). In the days that followed, riotous mobs overtook New Orleans.

There are 3 types of malls in Singapore. The first is the Orchard Mall, filled with Tai-tais, TWGs, and price-tags which can blind you.The second is the Strata Mall; a little shabby, a little eclectic, with the forlorn air of an impending en-bloc. The last is the Capitaland Mall, designed for...