We are living in a modern world where falsehood regularly seems to overwhelm truth. The ability of billions of people to publish has created a vast amount of unreliable and false news which now competes with and sometimes drowns more established forms of journalism. So where can we look for reliable, verifiable sources of news and information? What does all this mean for democracy? And what will the future hold?

Reflecting on his twenty years as editor of the Guardian at a time of unprecedented digital disruption; and his experience of breaking some of the most significant news stories of our time, Alan Rusbridger answers these questions and offers a stirring defence of why quality journalism matters now more than ever.

"[Rusbridger] has written a book of breathtaking range . . . The brilliant Breaking News is essential - and entertaining - reading" - * Observer *

"I particularly enjoyed Alan Rusbridger's Breaking News - in places it's as exciting as a thriller (and the good guys win) but it also gave me a new understanding of the difficulties that now confront good journalism" - * New Statesman, Best Books of 2018 *

"Well written and unskimped, this will be a painful document when we wake up one morning with nothing to read at breakfast except our smartphones" - * Times Literary Supplement, Best Books of the Year *

"The book [Rusbridger] has written is eloquent in its argument for well-resourced journalism, and never better than in its central narrative of how an old profession struggled to cope with a new technology that threatened it with obsolescence" - * Guardian *

"A fascinating book and an important one" - * Scotsman *

"Engaging . . . We love a good newspaper yarn, and Rusbridger provides a dandy" - * Financial Times *

"Alan Rusbridger is one of the most important journalists of his generation . . . this book needs to be read" - * Independent *

"The portrait of Rusbridger that emerges is that of the rarest of newsroom species - someone with genuine bona fides as a journalist and an unassailable commitment to the profession's enduring values, who also possesses the curiosity, nimbleness of mind and openness to change necessary to navigate the relentless, shape-shifting challenges that lie ahead for media companies today. The cascading crises afflicting journalism are now, rightly, understood to be threats to American democracy. It is hardly an overstatement, then, to say that the health of our society depends, in part, on future Rusbridgers emerging to take the reins of our news organisations" - * New Yorker *