This book’s 12 chapters (from 18 different authors) address some of the news media’s contemporary challenges, such as the public’s declining trust in journalism. Kuypers, the editor, provides an introductory overview of each chapter’s contributions. Chapters offer background information on a selected topic and suggested solutions. Kuypers's clear writing is accessible to journalism professionals and graduate student audiences. The book is an excellent companion to Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen's Avoiding the News: Reluctant Audiences for Journalism (CH, Apr'24, 61-2132). Recommended for libraries in higher education with journalism and mass communication degree programs. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

Choice Reviews

A Future for the News provides not only a comprehensive account of the issues facing the news media in America but also much needed responses to those issues. The consideration of the philosophical underpinnings of the field is a valuable source of direction for aspiring and working professionals.

Larry King, professor of mass communication, Stephen F. Austin State University

In an age where many media outlets appear most interested in reporting their interpretations of the news, the authors pinpoint problem areas and offer remedies to change the left and right ideological leanings that facilitate the public’s mistrust in journalism. This book is a must-read for anyone who gets their news from broadcast, print, and social media and questions if objectivity ever had a pulse in the first place.

George Bovenizer, assistant professor of broadcast journalism, University of South Alabama, former NBC Universal TV producer, 6-time Emmy nominee