Monday, June 04, 2007

The 10 obvious things

Brilliant post by entitled Ryan Sholin which you must read entitled:

10 obvious things about the future of newspapers you need to get through your head

I particually like no 7


"Bloggers aren’t an uneducated lynch mob unconcerned by facts. They’re your readers and your neighbors and if you play your cards right, your sources and your community moderators. If you really play it right, bloggers are the leaders of your networked reporting projects. Get over the whole bloggers vs. journalists thing, which has been pretty much settled since long before you stopped calling it a “Web blog” in your stories. "

And No9

J-schools can either play a critical role in training the next generation of journalists, or they can fade into irrelevancy. Teach multimedia, interactivity and data, or watch your students become frustrated and puzzled as they try to get jobs with five clips and a smile.

But most of all stay optimistic he says,there is a great deal of good being done in newsprint at the moment.

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