Executive Director, American Press Institute

Twitter: @TomRosenstiel
One of the most recognized thinkers in the country on the future of news, Tom Rosenstiel is the author of 10 books, including three novels. Before joining the American Press Institute in January 2013, he was founder and for 16 years director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, one of the five original projects of the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. He was co-founder and vices chair of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

His first novel, Shining City (2017), about a supreme court nomination, was an NPR Book of the Year. His second, The Good Lie (2019), about a terrorist incident, was a Washington Post best seller. His third, Oppo, about a presidential campaign, was published in December 2019.

Among his seven books on journalism, politics and ethics is The Elements of Journalism: What News People Should Know and the Public Should Expect, co-authored with Bill Kovach, which has been translated into more than 25 languages and is used widely in journalism education worldwide. It has been called “a modern classic” (NYT) and one of the five best books ever written on journalism (WSJ). Tom’s media criticism, his nonfiction books and his research work at API and at PEJ have generated more than 50,000 academic citations.

During his journalism career he worked as media writer for the Los Angeles Times for a decade, chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek, press critic for MSNBC, business editor of the Peninsula Times Tribune, a reporter for Jack Anderson’s Washington Merry Go ‘Round column, and began his career at the Woodside Country Almanac in his native northern California.

He is the winner of the Goldsmith book Award from Harvard, four Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Journalism Research from SPJ and four awards for national for media criticism from Penn State. He has been named a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists, the organization’s highest honor, the Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism from the University of Missouri Journalism School, the Dewitt Carter Reddick Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in the Field of Communications from the University of Texas at Austin, and the Columbia Journalism School Distinguished Alumni Award.

Tom Rosenstiel

Executive Director, The American Press Institute

(Video of Rosenstiel’s presentation at ISOJ2019 is below his bio, along with an article from the ISOJ team)

@TomRosenstiel
Author, journalist, researcher and media critic, Tom Rosenstiel is one of the nation’s most recognized thinkers on the future of media. Before joining the American Press Institute in January 2013, he was founder and for 16 years director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, one of the five original projects of the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., and co-founder and vice chair of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

He is also a novelist. His newest, THE GOOD LIE, from Ecco Harper Collins, was published in February 2019, a political thriller. His debut, SHINING CITY, about Supreme Court nomination battle, was an NPR Book of the Year published in February 2017. His third, Oppo, will be published in late 2019.

He is the author of seven non-fiction books, including The Elements of Journalism: What News People Should Know and the Public Should Expect, which has been translated into more than 25 languages and is taught in journalism schools worldwide and won the Goldsmith Book Award from Harvard.

He and Kovach have also written two other books together, including, Blur: How to Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload. The New Ethics of Journalism: Principles for the 21st Century, was co-edited with Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute in 2013. His books and research at PEJ and API have generated more than 60,000 academic citations.

He worked as media writer for the Los Angeles Times for a decade, chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek, press critic for MSNBC, business editor of the Peninsula Times Tribune, a reporter for Jack Anderson’s Washington Merry Go ‘Round column.

Among other awards: four Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Journalism Research from SPJ and four Penn State awards for media criticism; Fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists; the University of Missouri Journalism Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism; University of Texas Dewitt Carter Reddick Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in the Field of Communications, and the Columbia Journalism School Distinguished Alumni Award.

Tom Rosenstiel

Tom Rosenstiel

Executive Director, American Press Institute

His first novel, Shining City (2017), about a supreme court nomination, was an NPR Book of the Year. His second, The Good Lie (2019), about a terrorist incident, was a Washington Post best seller. His third, Oppo, about a presidential campaign, was published in December 2019.

Tom Rosenstiel

Tom Rosenstiel

Executive Director, The American Press Institute

He is also a novelist. His newest, THE GOOD LIE, from Ecco Harper Collins, was published in February 2019, a political thriller. His debut, SHINING CITY, about Supreme Court nomination battle, was an NPR Book of the Year published in February 2017. His third, Oppo, will be published in late 2019.

He is the author of seven non-fiction books, including The Elements of Journalism: What News People Should Know and the Public Should Expect, which has been translated into more than 25 languages and is taught in journalism schools worldwide and won the Goldsmith Book Award from Harvard.

He worked as media writer for the Los Angeles Times for a decade, chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek, press critic for MSNBC, business editor of the Peninsula Times Tribune, a reporter for Jack Anderson’s Washington Merry Go ‘Round column.

Rosenstiel chaired the panel “Can media really rebuild trust with audiences” at ISOJ 2019.

Read the story covering Rosenstiel’s panel here.