# What Is Journalism For?

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- Authors: [Jon Allsop](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-allsop)
- Publisher: Bristol University Press
- ISBN: 978-15-2923-855-6
- Pages: 180
- Published: 2025-04-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

What is at stake when journalism is threatened? Does society still need journalists? Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world: economic decline, online disinformation, the rise of AI, authoritarian curbs on freedom of the press, and violence against journalists. In such a climate, it’s more urgent than ever to ask what journalism is for. Drawing on his experience as a journalist and media commentator, and on interviews with journalists from the US to Myanmar, Jon Allsop examines key concepts that constitute journalism’s role: good judgement, concern for truth and critical scrutiny of one or more communities. Along the way, he also considers the relationship between journalism and activism; whether journalists should aspire to change the world and whether they can be seen as champions of democracy.