Author: Jay Rosen

Jay Rosen’s Internet Archive: an Introduction.

To get things started, here's a Q & A.

Published 5 Jul 2026 7:59 pm

Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause.

When in doubt, draw a distinction.

Published 22 Apr 2026 12:20 pm

About Jay Rosen’s 1986 PhD dissertation, ‘The Impossible Press’

It should be obvious here that I am trying to extend my life span, even as I know that the odds favor eclipse.

Published 8 Oct 2025 10:56 am

He used to edit political stories at the Chicago Tribune. Now he says the press is failing our democracy.

"You don’t get a lot of complaints if you just write down what everyone says and leave it at that."

Published 19 Jun 2022 9:42 pm

PRESSTHINK is written and edited by professor Jay Rosen, who taught at NYU from 1986 – 2025. The blog is about the fate of the press in a digital era and the challenges involved in rethinking what journalism is today. It presents essays, press criticism, interviews and speeches. PressThink does not accept advertising.

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