Jay Rosen's Weblog

"PressThink: Ghost of Democracy in the Media Machine" is a weblog by Jay Rosen, press critic, chair of NYU School of Journalism and a leading figure in the reform movement known as "public journalism," which calls on the press to take a more active role in strengthening citizenship, improving political debate and reviving public life. Rosen writes, "I am a press critic, an observer of journalism's habits, and also a writer trying to make sense of the world. I am interested in the ideas about journalism that journalists work within, and those they feel they can work without. I try to discover the consequences in the world that result from having the kind of press we do."