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Yup. Substack writers may know their niche very well but they're only going to write about what interests them. This could be a boon to things like industry med
by tootie 6y ago
Yup. Substack writers may know their niche very well but they're only going to write about what interests them. This could be a boon to things like industry media that displaces trade magazines but I can't see how they could possibly replace boots on the ground journalism thar only comes from professional newsrooms.
- throwaway3699 6y agoI'd be inclined to agree if traditional newsrooms weren't dumping their boots on the ground journalism as fast as possible. The worst thing websites like Buzzfeed did was to tell the old guard that this was an unnecessary cost center.
- matt_o 6y agoThis is why I get my general news from the likes of Reuters and Associated Press. I've found that these have more facts and much less opinion. Then, when I want someone's take on something, from someone I trust, I get it from substack. Eg. Matthew Yglesias on policy, Noah Smith on finance/economics, etc. In contrast, most big newspapers seem to me to be pushing opinion masked as fact. They never actually lie, but they are selective in what they represent and imply connections where there are none.
- tootie 6y agoLocal media is suffering but substack isn't solving that. Axios is actually trying interestingly enough. I still read NY Times as my default. They have a lot more soft news than they used to but their reporting is still top notch. They've taken a turn for being more direct in their language and not tap-dancing around political double-speak but I think it's appropriate. My other go-to is NPR and local NPR affiliates.