Journalism, as well as a wider press, dramatically changed after 1947. And it was all because of a report published by an influential commission of that time. Listen in as Mike Gastin shares the details of the report, the commission that published it, and why it's lead to a current-day media that few trust.

Show notes

The Commission on Freedom of the Press' "A Free and Responsible Press" on Amazon.

Check out Jack Hart's great book on writing: "A Writer's Coach" (It seems to be out of print.)

And of course, here is William Zinsser's must-have classic: "On Writing Well"

Last, but not least, Stephen King's, "On Writing"

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