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That Internet thing will be the death of us
Odd, many online journalists — not print or TV curmudgeons, but those who belong to an online journalism association — believe the Internet is changing journalism for the worse. New survey: More than half, however, believe the internet is changing the fundamental values of journalism — more often than not for the worse. Among the…
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A public conversation on Web journalism
A fascinating group of media folks (well, excluding yours truly, who is decidedly non-fascinating to put it charitably), are participating next Wednesday in a “Public Conversation on Web Journalism” at the Howard H. Baker Center (Toyota Auditorium) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This group will be speaking with 50 to 75 University of Tennessee…
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A counter-intuitive list of opportunities for newspapers
Decentralized processes are counter-intuitive. Having a single institution promise to cover “all the news that’s fit to print” seems more reliable than having a bunch of random bloggers cover the news in an uncoordinated fashion. The problem is that, in reality, newspapers are neither as comprehensive nor as reliable as they like to pretend. Just…