Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media
-- by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel

The work of the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists has served as the basis for Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media, a Century Foundation book by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, with a preface by David Halberstam.

Rosenstiel and Kovach examine what they call the new Mixed Media Culture, in which the classic function of journalism to sort out a true and reliable account of the day's events is being undermined and displaced by the continuous news cycle, the growing power of sources over reporters, varying and inconsistent standards of journalism, and a fascination with inexpensive, polarizing argument. The authors explore the implications of these changes for the role of journalism as a cohesive element in our culture and as a forum for public debate and catalyst for problem solving.