Category Archives: Media attitude

Learning from “The Rocky Mountain News”

By Jared | Published: March 17, 2009
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 [...]
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Young journalist blog ring

By Jared | Published: August 2, 2008
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 [...]
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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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