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Breaking News

The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

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Breaking News

Written by: Alan Rusbridger
Narrated by: Samuel West
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We are living through the greatest communication revolution since Gutenberg. In Breaking News Alan Rusbridger offers an open, personal and agenda-setting account of how we arrived at the news world of today.

The President of the United States regularly lies to the public and accuses anyone who criticisms him of being fake. Politicians openly rubbish the views of ‘so called experts’, dissemble and mislead. So how do we hold those in power accountable? Fox News, Breitbart Media and the Murdoch papers peddle views not news, pushing politically-motivated agendas. So, where can we look for reliable, verifiable sources of news and information? What does it mean for democracy? And what will the future hold?

Reflecting on his twenty years as editor of the Guardian and his experience of breaking some of the most significant news stories of our time, including the Edward Snowden revelations, phone-hacking, wikileaks and the Keep in the Ground campaign, Rusbridger answers these questions and offers a stirring defence of why quality journalism matters now more than ever.

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What the critics say

"[Rusbridger] has written a book of breathtaking range . . . The brilliant Breaking News is essential - and entertaining - reading" (SIR HAROLD EVANS)
"I particularly enjoyed Alan Rusbridger's Breaking News – in places it's as exciting as a thriller (and the good guys win) but it also gave me a new understanding of the difficulties that now confront good journalism" (HENRY MARSH)
"Just when we were feeling lost in the dark labyrinth of fake news and journalism in crisis, Alan Rusbridger lights his torch and leads the way. Essential" (STEVE COOGAN)
"Well written and unskimped, this will be a painful document when we wake up one morning with nothing to read at breakfast except our smartphones" (TOM STOPPARD)
"The book [Rusbridger] has written is eloquent in its argument for well-resourced journalism, and never better than in its central narrative of how an old profession struggled to cope with a new technology that threatened it with obsolescence" (IAN JACK)
"It was my good luck – and the world’s – that Alan Rusbridger was the Guardian’s editor when powerful governments tried to prevent the paper from revealing that they had deceived and disempowered their citizens. Alan is a fearless defender of the public interest who has had a singular career in journalism. His book is an urgent reminder that there is still a place for real journalism – indeed, our democracies depend on it" (EDWARD SNOWDEN)
"A fascinating book and an important one"
"Engaging . . . We love a good newspaper yarn, and Rusbridger provides a dandy"
"Alan Rusbridger is one of the most important journalists of his generation . . . this book needs to be read"
"The portrait of Rusbridger that emerges is that of the rarest of newsroom species – someone with genuine bona fides as a journalist and an unassailable commitment to the profession’s enduring values, who also possesses the curiosity, nimbleness of mind and openness to change necessary to navigate the relentless, shape-shifting challenges that lie ahead for media companies today. The cascading crises afflicting journalism are now, rightly, understood to be threats to American democracy. It is hardly an overstatement, then, to say that the health of our society depends, in part, on future Rusbridgers emerging to take the reins of our news organisations"
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This is a brilliant book. It gives an outstanding insight into the challenges that journalism faced, and continues to face, as the internet and social media continue to change the way we interact with and consume news. Alan’s discussion around the Snowden affair was extremely interesting, as was his treatment of many of the other issues he faced as editor of the Guardian. I whole-heartedly agree with his conclusion that good journalism is our best antidote to the fake news epidemic.

Brilliant book

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