Journalism after Snowden : the future of the free press in the surveillance state /

Journalism After Snowden is essential reading for citizens, journalists, and academics in search of perspective on the critical need for investigative journalism in an age of heightened surveillance. The book features contributions from key players involved in the reporting of leaks of classified in...

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Group Author: Bell, Emily, 1965- (Editor); Owen, Taylor (Editor); Khorana, Smitha (Editor); Henrichsen, Jennifer (Editor)
Published: Columbia University Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Columbia journalism review books
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Summary: Journalism After Snowden is essential reading for citizens, journalists, and academics in search of perspective on the critical need for investigative journalism in an age of heightened surveillance. The book features contributions from key players involved in the reporting of leaks of classified information by Edward Snowden, including Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of the Guardian; Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times; legal scholar and journalist Glenn Greenwald, Snowden himself. Steve Coll, Clay Shirky, Cass Sunstein, and Julia Angwin are among the other contributors. Topics include protecting sources, digital security practices, interpreting journalistic privilege in the digital age, access to classified data, and understanding the impact of the Internet and telecommunications policy on journalism. --Cover.
Carrier Form: xvi, 326 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780231176132 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
0231176139 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780231176125 (hardback : alkaline paper)
0231176120 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9780231540674 (e-book)
0231540671 (e-book)
Index Number: PN4888
CLC: G219.712.9
Call Number: G219.712.9/J864
Contents: Introduction / Emily Bell, Taylor Owen, and Smitha Khorana -- The story and the source. Journalism after Snowden / Alan Rusbridger -- In defense of leaks / Jill Abramson -- The surveillance state / Glenn Greenwald -- A conversation with Edward Snowden / Edward Snowden and Emily Bell -- Journalists and sources. Source protection in the age of surveillance / Steve Coll -- Rescuing a reporter's right to protect the confidentiality of sources / David A. Schulz and Valerie Belair-Gagnon -- Digital security for journalists / Julia Angwin -- Beyond PGP: how news organizations can and must protect reporters and sources at an institutional level / Trevor Timm -- Freedom of information and information asymmetry / Nabiha Syed -- Governing surveillance. Political journalism in a networked age / Clay Shirky -- National security and the "new yellow press" / Steven G. Bradbury -- A new age of cyberwarfare / David E. Sanger -- The Snowden effect on the NSA and reporting / Siobhan Gorman -- Edward Snowden, his passport, and the legal identity of Americans / Patrick Weil -- Surveillance policy as risk management / Cass R. Sunstein -- Communications networks and new media. Silicon Valley and journalism / Emily Bell -- Digital threats against journalists / Ron Deibert -- Fiber and open communications networks / Susan Crawford -- Free thought, free media / Eben Moglen -- Should journalism be a surveillance-safe space? / Ethan Zuckerman -- Postscript: journalism after Snowden / Jonathan Zittrain.