A trusted champion and critic of American journalism delivers the story of her lifetime.
MARGARET SULLIVAN is an award-winning media critic and a groundbreaking journalist. She was the first woman appointed as public editor of the New York Times and went on to the Washington Post as media columnist. She started her career as a summer intern at her hometown Buffalo News and rose to be that paper's first woman editor-in-chief. She tweets @sulliview.
"An opinionated but fair and accessible tour of the big debates
roiling the "reality-based press," as she calls mainstream
newsrooms.... Sullivan remains the critic American journalism
requires, a veteran practitioner with street cred, still in touch
with the 'unaccountable joy' of reporting and writing that
continues to draw talented young people to the field."--Steve Coll,
The New York Times Book Review
"If Sullivan started out intending to write a memoir, she ended up
with a manifesto. This is a book about the role of the press in a
democracy that's in grave jeopardy."--Kathy Kiely, The Washington
Post
"Dogged, thoughtful, and unafraid"--The New Republic "A beguiling
memoir."--Charles Kaiser, The Guardian "Newsroom Confidential might
have been just another journalist's rehash of stories-literally old
news-except that the story in front of Sullivan was the struggle of
the U.S. press to save itself and, maybe along with it, American
democracy."--Karl Vick, Time
"The great newswoman takes a clear-eyed look at her own storied
career and the troubled state of her much-loved
profession."--People "It's rare that a respected critic writes a
dishy, fun book that also packs an important message, but when she
does, it's a must-read."--Molly Jong-Fast, The Atlantic
"Margaret Sullivan's perspective on our increasingly cacophonous
media ecosystem is invaluable. By detailing her personal and
professional experiences in this wise and engaging memoir, she
pulls the curtain back to reveal how journalism really works and
the very human decisions behind it."--Katie Couric
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