Five Minutes with Nicholas Lemann: “Incorporating academic research adds value to the social mission of journalism”

Lemann, Nicholas; and Blog Admin, Impact of Social Sciences (2011) Five Minutes with Nicholas Lemann: “Incorporating academic research adds value to the social mission of journalism” [Online resource]

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Nicholas Lemann, Dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, is a veteran national affairs journalist whose books and articles often incorporated the findings of social science research. In this interview he talks about the role that academic research has in enriching journalism and public knowledge and the need for knowledge-based journalism.