Watergate's Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse (Visions of the American Press) [Paperback]

Jon Marshall (Author), Bob Woodward (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press; First Edition (US) First Printing edition (January 30, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810127199
• ISBN-13: 978-0810127197
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #462,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jon Marshall is an assistant professor in the journalism program at Northwestern University's Medill School in Evanston, Illinois. He is a former columnist for Quill magazine and staff writer for the Tampa Tribune and the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago. His articles have also appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, CBS News' "Public Eye," Chicago Tribune, Family Circle, Parenting, Parents, Home & Away, Illinois Issues, Reform Judaism and many other publications. His "News Gems" blog was named one of the top ten Web Sites of 2008 by the Center for Public Integrity and one of the best blogs of 2006 by David Kaplan of U.S. News & World Report. He is also the chairman of the History in the Curriculum Committee of the American Journalism Historians Association. You can follow him on Twitter at @MarshallReport.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for every journalism student.... October 16, 2011

By Kelly

Format:Paperback

Jon Marshall has written a compelling and informative analysis of journalism's role in Watergate. Every student of the craft should pick up this book. I especially loved Bob Woodward's insightful foreward.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Watergate's Legacy and the Press April 2, 2011

By Dennis Kessler

Format:Paperback

I found Watergate's Legacy and the Press fascinating. It was fun and difficult to relive those years of Watergate but I found it very informative. It helped me understand the current situation of how the press is inclined to follow their impulse and really investigate the current news situation or to follow their impulse to just repeat the official press releases they are handed by the people who are directing and influencing the current news situation. Hopefully this insightful book will encourage more journalists to really dig into and perform investigative news journalism as a career. The book explained how the internet offers new tools to perform the difficult job of investigative journalism but our economy has set up new challenges to this type of work. Hopefully journalist will find a way to use the new technology to their advantage and develop ways to overcome the challenges.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Investigative Journalism: Past and Future February 28, 2011

By G. Goldstein

Format:Paperback

What is the history of investigative journalism in the United States and what is its future? These are the questions that Marshall deals with in this highly readable, thoroughly documented and very informative book. He relates instances of such reporting in the early days of our republic and moves through the 19th century and on to Watergate, a seminal event for our generation. From there he continues on through subsequent presidencies and on through the Bush administration. While the immediate past has seen the demise of many daily and weekly news outlets, many more have sprung up on the Internet. Marshall is optimistic about the future. He thinks it is a given that people will always want the "story" and that there will always be a "story" to want.