Thinking Outside the Box

  Why has journalism collapsed in the United States and what should be done about it? This overriding and urgent public issue is the central question of this book. The author, Victor Pickard, makes a convincing case of both why public journalism has failed, and how it can be fixed. It would be hard to dismiss Mr Pickard's arguments and the policy recommendations that he makes.  For an in-depth description of Mr Pickard, see  victorpickard.com . His academic credentials on this topic are impeccable, and his writing style exactly fits the topic: concise, pointed and convincing because it rings true to life.  Personally, reading this book provided a welcomed emotional catharsis from my own frustration over what has happened to the internet since I earned a master degree in telecommunications in the late 1990s, when optimism about the potentials of the Internet were rising like a weather balloon. The fate of the Internet and journalism are, of course, deeply interconnect...