News & Newsmaking

Over the last fifteen years, Stephen Hess has become a leading and much-quoted authority on Washington government and the media. In this volume, he presents a collection of his best essays on the media written over the past decade. The book includes: " All the President's Reporters" examines the White House press corps and the way it covers the president. " Leaks and Other Informal Communications" is an insider's look at why government officials leak information to journalists. " The Sex Test" asks whether it makes any difference if the news is written by men or women. Addional collections of Hess' essays published by Brookings include International News & Foreign Correspondence (1996) and Presidents & the Presidency (1996).