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Wow, that was a great paper. In a very concise manner it lays out the traditional value proposition of journalism, and explains that with improved technology th
by dantheman 18y ago
Wow, that was a great paper. In a very concise manner it lays out the traditional value proposition of journalism, and explains that with improved technology they no longer add value.
It doesn't proffer new ways for journalism to be relevant, so I'll take a stab it. We need journalists to be experts that write for the non expert, those who contextualize the news and explain it's relevance to the the picture -- to provide analysis.
So when an event happens instead of reporting on the event, they explain how it relates to previous events and what we can expect in the future. One site that does something like that is: www.stratfor.com which I enjoy reading. One nice feature is that they report on whether their predictions were correct, and the reasons why.
This new form of journalism will require that the journalists know what they're talking about, and will most likely favor those who are experienced in a field and decide they want to make it accessible to the masses. I doubt there is much value an inexperienced journalist can add, unless they are an investigative reporter.