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Tom Rosenstiel
Director
Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism
As one of the nation’s top journalism experts, Tom Rosenstiel is on the front lines of two major issues facing journalism: One involves the future of the newsroom itself, while the other pertains to the role that journalists are playing in reporting the presidential race. Changing technology and a downturn in the economy has led to massive layoffs and threatens the future of entire news organizations, even as the public’s need for reliable information is greater than ever.
Mr. Rosenstiel has been director of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)—a nonpartisan research organization studying the performance of the press—for more than a decade, and previously spent nearly 20 years as a media critic and political journalist for the Los Angeles Times and other news organizations. We spoke with Mr. Rosenstiel about the current issues affecting American journalism:
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