Monthly Archives: July 2008

Curmudgeons threaten innovation and innovators

By Jared | Published: July 30, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk on the blogs lately addressing the crusty old thinkers in the media. Ryan Sholin urged the new thinkers to declare independence from the tribe, while Pat Thornton argued that curmudgeons can’t save journalism — innovation will. Thornton believes clinging to the past and berating the new won’t keep the [...]
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People fear what they don’t understand

By Jared | Published: July 9, 2008
There’s something vaguely familiar with the attitude in that comic; something I don’t quite understand — why do people continue to cling to the old ways and the dead trees? Don’t get me wrong, change is scary. But what happens when people are afraid to try new stuff? We end up with ideas for broadsheet [...]
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Rebuilding a Web journalism class from scratch

By Jared | Published: July 1, 2008
Image via Wikipedia As the potential handful of readers of this blog know, I’m a recent graduate of  Northampton Community College’s journalism program. And I’ve also blogged about what I think of the journalism program at NCC. Quite frankly I think I’m lucky to get out of there with any idea of what online news [...]
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