In 2010, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian, set himself an almost impossible task: to learn, in the space of a year, Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 – a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists.His timing could have been better.The next twelve months were to witness the Arab Spring, the Japanese tsunami, the English riots, and the Guardian’s breaking of both WikiLeaks and the News of the World hacking scandal.In the midst of this he...

The Guardian editor and amateur pianist's account of a remarkable musical challenge during an extraordinary year for news.As editor of the Guardian, one of the world's foremost newspapers, Alan Rusbridger lives by the relentless twenty-four-hour news cycle. But increasingly in midlife, he feels the gravitational pull of music—especially the piano. He sets himself a formidable challenge: within a year, to fluently learn Chopin's magnificent Ballade ...

A society that isn’t sure what’s true can’t function, but increasingly we no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We’re barraged by a torrent of lies, half-truths and propaganda: how do we even identify good journalism any more?At a moment of existential crisis for the news industry, in our age of information chaos, News and How to Use It shows us how. From Bias to Snopes, from Clickbait to TL;DR, and from Fact-Checkers to the Lamestream Media, here is a definitive ...

Für Journalisten ist er ein Star: Alan Rusbridger, seit 20 Jahren Chefredakteur des britischen Guardian, hat seine Zeitung zum führenden kritischen englischsprachigen Blatt gemacht, auf beiden Seiten des Atlantik. Und er hat wie kein zweiter in der Branche die revolutionären Herausforderungen des Internet angenommen. Im vergangenen Jahr erhielt Rusbridger zusammen mit dem Enthüller der amerikanischen Geheimdienstpraktiken Edward Snowden den alternativen Nobelpreis für seine unerschrockene ...

An urgent, "fascinating" account of the revolution that has upended the news business, "a must for anyone concerned with the state of journalism today" ( Library Journal).Technology has radically altered the news landscape. Once-powerful newspapers have lost their clout or been purchased by owners with particular agendas. Algorithms select which stories we see. The Internet allows consequential revelations, closely guarded secrets—and dangerous misinformati...

Slap bang in the middle of the coldest Friday of the coldest week of the year, the central heating breaks down at Melton Mowbray Zoo. The system needs a new flange but flanges can't be obtained on Fridays in Melton Mowbray, so Mr Pickles the head keeper asks all the other keepers to take the animal they are in charge of home for the weekend. The results range from disastrous to successful: when the penguin (who 'always hankered after the good life') decides to eat his tea in Mr Pumbles' be...

The loveable animals and their keepers at Melton Mowbray Zoo are back! Everyone has recovered from the disastrous weekend when the heating broke and Mr Pickles, the zoo director, asked all the keepers to take their animal home for the weekend. In fact, so much so, that a feeling of nonchalence pervades - the animals have been teamed with the same keepers for years and quite frankly it's become rather boring. So. in a bid to liven things up, the keepers decide to swap animals for the day an...

The definitive guide to the phone hacking scandal, by the newspaper that broke the story. Since 2006, Guardian journalists have worked tirelessly to uncover the facts behind journalistic practice at the News of The World. This is a comprehensive timeline of how the hacking scandal unfolded, from the arrest of Goodman and Mulcaire and the News of the World's claims of "one rogue reporter", to the collapse of the BSkyB bid and Rebekah Brooks and the Murdochs' select committee appearance. Phone...

Nothing in life works without facts.A society that isn’t sure what’s true can’t function. Without facts there can be no government or law. Science is ignored. Trust evaporates.People everywhere feel ever more alienated from – and mistrustful of – news and those who make it. We no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We are living through a crisis of ‘information chaos’.News and How to Use It is a glossary for this bewildering age. From AI to Bots, fr...

We are living through the greatest communication revolution since Gutenberg. In Breaking News Alan Rusbridger offers an open, personal and agenda-setting account of how we arrived at the news world of today.The President of the United States regularly lies to the public and accuses anyone who criticisms him of being fake. Politicians openly rubbish the views of ‘so called experts’, dissemble and mislead. So how do we hold those in power accountable? Fox News, Breitbart Med...

Slap bang in the middle of the hottest day of the year, the zoo’s drains have blocked up and there’s nowhere for the animals' poo to go!Mr Pickles the zoo keeper (who is looking distinctly green) must decide what to do with it all . . .Before the naughty chimps beat him to it!

An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, written by one of the most accomplished journalists of our timeTechnology has radically altered the news landscape. Once-powerful newspapers have lost their clout or been purchased by owners with particular agendas. Algorithms select which stories we see. The Internet allows consequential revelations, closely guarded secrets, and dangerous misinformation to spread at the speed of a click.