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The problem that journalism is facing is that their market is over saturated. You can get the same news from thousands of sources

by vaksel 17y ago

spitfire 17y ago
There'll be huge consolidation in the "generic" news market that's for sure. But there IS still a market for in depth quality journalism, you just have to pay for it. The atlantic, new yorker are examples. People will pay for high quality journalism. The problem is that most journalism is scraping the bottom of the barrel. To give an example of high quality journalism Here's what I subscribe to: http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/ http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/ - Laphams quarterly. Quarterly journal that covers a topic through essays/letters/speeches of those from the past. The war issue has churchill, patton, george orwell, sun tzu, etc. The money issue henry ford, aristophanes, jane austin. The insight is excellent. http://www.economist.com http://www.economist.com - The economist. A classic that covers business and the world in a no bullshit way. They. Don't. Do. Gimmicks. http://www.monocle.com http://www.monocle.com - Monocle a briefing on global affairs, business, culture and design. This magazine has me addicted and paying $150/Yr. Why? The first issue had an interview with the ceo of lego on innovation. Every single issue there's thoughtful intelligent reportage on some interesting but non-obvious subject. (Like Lego, or japanese retail, or the falkland islands). There's something intangible about the magazine, it deserves a look. In summary, is journalism dead? No. Most are just incompetent at it. Become competent at creating a quality product and you can make money.
- stcredzero 17y ago
  The economist. A classic that covers business and the world in a no bullshit way. I have to say, the podcast "Global Forecast from the Economist Intelligence Unit" is insightful, dares to make predictions, and seems to know what the heck they are talking about. (BTW: "speeches" - no 'a')
ruslan 17y ago
And those news come from... journalists who work for news websites, right ? There's no problem with journalism, there is a problem with old-fassioned mass media, which are no longer "mass". And yes journalism generally has nothing to do with news.

The problem that journalism is facing is that their market is over saturated. You can get the same news from thousands of sources

by vaksel 17y ago

The problem that journalism is facing is that their market is over saturated. You can get the same news from thousands of sources

spitfire 17y ago

There'll be huge consolidation in the "generic" news market that's for sure. But there IS still a market for in depth quality journalism, you just have to pay for it. The atlantic, new yorker are examples. People will pay for high quality journalism. The problem is that most journalism is scraping the bottom of the barrel. To give an example of high quality journalism Here's what I subscribe to: http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/ http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/ - Laphams quarterly. Quarterly journal that covers a topic through essays/letters/speeches of those from the past. The war issue has churchill, patton, george orwell, sun tzu, etc. The money issue henry ford, aristophanes, jane austin. The insight is excellent. http://www.economist.com http://www.economist.com - The economist. A classic that covers business and the world in a no bullshit way. They. Don't. Do. Gimmicks. http://www.monocle.com http://www.monocle.com - Monocle a briefing on global affairs, business, culture and design. This magazine has me addicted and paying $150/Yr. Why? The first issue had an interview with the ceo of lego on innovation. Every single issue there's thoughtful intelligent reportage on some interesting but non-obvious subject. (Like Lego, or japanese retail, or the falkland islands). There's something intangible about the magazine, it deserves a look. In summary, is journalism dead? No. Most are just incompetent at it. Become competent at creating a quality product and you can make money.

stcredzero 17y ago
The economist. A classic that covers business and the world in a no bullshit way. I have to say, the podcast "Global Forecast from the Economist Intelligence Unit" is insightful, dares to make predictions, and seems to know what the heck they are talking about. (BTW: "speeches" - no 'a')

ruslan 17y ago

And those news come from... journalists who work for news websites, right ? There's no problem with journalism, there is a problem with old-fassioned mass media, which are no longer "mass". And yes journalism generally has nothing to do with news.