Writers as Witness Suggested Reading

Articles and books about journalists, the business of journalism and how journalists work.

We'll be adding to this list as the series goes forward.

 

Faking the News from PEN America

Warning that the spread of “fake news” is reaching a crisis point, Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth evaluates the array of strategies that Facebook, Google, Twitter, newsrooms, and civil society are undertaking to address the problem, stressing solutions that empower news consumers while vigilantly avoiding new infringements on free speech.

Faking News rates the range of fact-checking, algorithmic, educational, and standards-based approaches being taken to counter the proliferation of fake news and sounds a warning bell for tactics that risk suppressing controversial speech, such as giving government new powers to regulate or calling on social media companies to block specific content entirely. Arguing that Facebook, Google, and Twitter—which are many Americans’ primary channels for news consumption—must play a critical and transparent role in curbing the spread of false news, the report spells out a series of specific strategies that center on empowering news consumers with access to fact-checking initiatives and news literacy programs. The “News Consumers Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” outlines what consumers should expect from the outlets and social media platforms that convey news and how they can protect themselves and others. The report also includes an executive summary that outlines the report’s key findings.

 

On the Current State of Online Journalism

Megan Greenwell looks at online journalism from the journalists and the business side using Deadspin as an example. Read here.

 

Eulogy for a Small-Town Paper 

Caren Lissner writes about the demise of The Hoboken Reporter. Read here.

 

The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election By Robert S. Mueller, III, Special Counsel's Office Dept of Justice Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781612197814
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Published: Melville House - April 30th, 2019

My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South By Issac J. Bailey Cover Image
$25.95
ISBN: 9781590518601
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Published: Other Press - May 29th, 2018

Holy Moly Carry Me By Erika Meitner Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781942683629
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Published: BOA Editions - September 11th, 2018

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement By Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525560340
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Published: Penguin Press - September 10th, 2019

The Journalist and the Murderer By Janet Malcolm Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780679731832
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Published: Vintage - October 31st, 1990

Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness By Carolyn Forché (Editor) Cover Image
By Carolyn Forché (Editor)
$29.95
ISBN: 9780393309768
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 17th, 1993

What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance By Carolyn Forché Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525560371
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Published: Penguin Press - March 19th, 2019

In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin By Lindsey Hilsum Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374175597
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - November 6th, 2018

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer By Michelle McNamara, Gillian Flynn (Introduction by), Patton Oswalt (Afterword by) Cover Image
By Michelle McNamara, Gillian Flynn (Introduction by), Patton Oswalt (Afterword by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062319791
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Published: Harper Perennial - February 26th, 2019

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment By Shane Bauer Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735223608
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Published: Penguin Books - June 11th, 2019

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist By Eli Saslow Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525434955
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Published: Anchor - September 3rd, 2019

The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America By Jim Acosta Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062916129
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Published: Harper - June 11th, 2019