PositiveThe New York Times Book Review\"engrossing and entertaining ... Oney, a veteran journalist, deftly captures the exuberant, often countercultural ethos that defined NPR’s creation in 1970 ... On Air is a major work of media history ... Still, a book this size would have benefited from less gossip and more critical analysis.\
Martin Baron
RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewLess a traditional memoir than a closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil ... Monumental.
Margaret Sullivan
PositiveLos Angeles TimesSullivan is the perfect person to diagnose the problem ... Sullivan’s book ends on a bleak note ... Call it a leap of irrational faith, but I think the prognosis is premature ... Ultimately, Sullivan’s pessimism about local journalism is as much a verdict on our culture as anything — and can you blame her? ... If we are going to rebuild trust in journalism, it will have to happen from the ground up, as part of a broader renewal of our civic institutions.
