Authors: Taylor Owen

Journalism after Snowden

January 1, 2017

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.