Tom Rosenstiel

Who is Tom Rosenstiel?

Tom Rosenstiel is an author, journalist, press critic and executive director of the American Press Institute. He was founder and for 16 years director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a research organization that studies the news media and is part of the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. A journalist for more than 30 years, he worked as a media critic for the Los Angeles Times and chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek magazine and as co-founder and vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. Among his books, he is the co-author of the popular The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect. He appears often on radio, television and in print, and has written widely on politics and media. He is the author of The Next Journalism column at Poynter.org.