It’s no secret that newspapers are in trouble. In fact, the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism’s “State of the News Media” report said the industry “ exited a harrowing 2008 and entered 2009 in something perilously close to free fall.”
For media junkies, it’s also not a surprise that “The Rocky Mountain News” is closing.
But for as [...]
A few weeks ago Dave Lee posted an idea he was kicking around for a blog ring of young journalists. I read through some of the comments and then decided to post my own where I mentioned my idea for an open group of young journalists.
Turns out Dave is launching the blog ring soon and [...]
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 ship [...]
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