What They're Saying

"Before you institute one more newsroom change program or schedule one more staff retreat in search of a transformational spark, absorb the lessons of News, Improved. Michele McLellan and Tim Porter give us a deeply reported, practical, up-to-date guide that is essential reading for newsroom leaders charting a new course in unknown territory."

-- Sandy Rowe, Editor, The Oregonian

“Journalists face a daunting set of challenges in the digital age. Newsroom leaders don't have a neat set of blueprints to hand them. Instead, editors have to unlock the potential of their staffs to invent the future. And the potential is there. News, Improved shows how this has happened in newsrooms around the country and how you can make it happen in yours.”

-- Mary Nesbitt, Managing Director, Readership Institute and Associate Dean, Medill

“News, Improved has sweep and authority and big ideas, anchored in excellent, true-ringing specifics and observations from real newsrooms.”

-- Carl Sessions Stepp, professor of journalism, University of Maryland      

“This is a must read for anyone involved in news, newsgathering and news management. As news organizations try to come to grips with an elusive audience   in a demanding business climate and surrounded by critics who see the journalistic glass as constantly half-full, this book shows how journalism and journalists can recommit our craft to the best values that make journalism an indispensable agent on behalf of American democracy.”  

-- Jeffrey Dvorkin, Executive Director, Committee of Concerned Journalists and former ombudsman, National Public Radio