Jay Rosen

American press critic and journalism professor at New York University; author of the blog PressThink and of What Are Journalists For?

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News subscription and membership are different things: subscribers buy a product, members join a cause.

Subscription and membership are not the same thing. We should separate one from the other. That will open more ways of supporting good journalism. Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause.

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The ‘savvy’ style still thrives in American political journalism.

Another reason I tell you this story from 30 years ago is that the savvy temptation still thrives in American journalism. It’s as strong as ever.

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From one piece Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause. 2 beliefs · pressthink.org

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Donating knowledge and civic skills will become common practice in journalism.

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In the future donating your knowledge and civic skills will become common practice in journalism.

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News subscription and membership are different things: subscribers buy a product, members join a cause.

journalism

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Subscription and membership are not the same thing. We should separate one from the other. That will open more ways of supporting good journalism. Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause.

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17 January 2022

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From one piece The savvy turn in political journalism 2 beliefs · pressthink.org

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Journalists should press politicians to justify their positions instead of treating them as ‘realistic’ givens.

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Journalists ought to be pressing for those answers, but in the savvy style “realistically” is allowed to push “justifiably” out of the frame.

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The ‘savvy’ style still thrives in American political journalism.

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Another reason I tell you this story from 30 years ago is that the savvy temptation still thrives in American journalism. It’s as strong as ever.

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21 March 2021

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The press should treat American democracy as something it can lose unless it learns to defend it.

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We can lose this thing if we don’t learn how to defend it. That’s the attitude the press ought to have toward American democracy.

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  Subscription and membership are not the same thing. We should separate one from the other. That will open more ways of supporting good journalism. Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause.
  
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- Donating knowledge and civic skills will become common practice in journalism.
  
  In the future donating your knowledge and civic skills will become common practice in journalism.
  
  Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause. Said 22 Apr 2026
  
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- The ‘savvy’ style still thrives in American political journalism.
  
  Another reason I tell you this story from 30 years ago is that the savvy temptation still thrives in American journalism. It’s as strong as ever.
  
  The savvy turn in political journalism Said 17 Jan 2022
  
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Journalists should press politicians to justify their positions instead of treating them as ‘realistic’ givens.

Journalists ought to be pressing for those answers, but in the savvy style “realistically” is allowed to push “justifiably” out of the frame.

The savvy turn in political journalism Said 17 Jan 2022

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The press should treat American democracy as something it can lose unless it learns to defend it.

We can lose this thing if we don’t learn how to defend it. That’s the attitude the press ought to have toward American democracy.

If you’re worried that journalists have learned nothing from the Trump years. Said 21 Mar 2021

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