Comments on: The real cost of news http://www.rjw3.net/blog/2010/01/the-real-cost-of-news/ Robert Wolfington's Notebook Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dana yost http://www.rjw3.net/blog/2010/01/the-real-cost-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-17 dana yost Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:20:19 +0000 http://www.rjw3.net/blog/?p=542#comment-17 The point is very important for newspapers (and their readers) to come to terms with. If readers are not willing to pay because they can get their news from "free" sites, pretty soon those free sites — which at some point down the line get their news from paid reporters — will cease to exist, too, and certainly those that offer exclusively local news will go away as well. I don't think anyone is going to cover local council meetings or ball games for free. * portion edited by RJW3 d The point is very important for newspapers (and their readers) to come to terms with. If readers are not willing to pay because they can get their news from “free” sites, pretty soon those free sites — which at some point down the line get their news from paid reporters — will cease to exist, too, and certainly those that offer exclusively local news will go away as well. I don’t think anyone is going to cover local council meetings or ball games for free.

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]]> By: admin http://www.rjw3.net/blog/2010/01/the-real-cost-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:26:43 +0000 http://www.rjw3.net/blog/?p=542#comment-3 I think papers like the three I work on are safe for the moment but I do think the New York Times, Star Tribune and other "national" papers are the ones who are on the chopping block. Citizen journalism is a good thing but we're also entering a world where opinion is news re:cable news channels. I'm heading to a newspaper convention next week and I'm sure it'll be the talk of the show. I think papers like the three I work on are safe for the moment but I do think the New York Times, Star Tribune and other “national” papers are the ones who are on the chopping block.

Citizen journalism is a good thing but we’re also entering a world where opinion is news re:cable news channels.

I’m heading to a newspaper convention next week and I’m sure it’ll be the talk of the show.

]]> By: jamEs http://www.rjw3.net/blog/2010/01/the-real-cost-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2 jamEs Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:21:18 +0000 http://www.rjw3.net/blog/?p=542#comment-2 I agree with your point about local news. There is tonnes of news I wouldn't be exposed to if I didn't read the local paper. I think the issue newspaper faces is that they can't beat the immediacy of the web and Twitter in particular. Citizen journalism seems to be gaining traction more and more. One of the sites I read regularly was reporting today a story I saw on Twitter yesterday as a news piece. It's gone from reporters being on the scene to now everyone being a reporter and having a network to distribute news. The reality is we're probably going to sacrifice local news and event coverage in the name of progress, as sad as that is. I agree with your point about local news. There is tonnes of news I wouldn’t be exposed to if I didn’t read the local paper. I think the issue newspaper faces is that they can’t beat the immediacy of the web and Twitter in particular. Citizen journalism seems to be gaining traction more and more. One of the sites I read regularly was reporting today a story I saw on Twitter yesterday as a news piece. It’s gone from reporters being on the scene to now everyone being a reporter and having a network to distribute news. The reality is we’re probably going to sacrifice local news and event coverage in the name of progress, as sad as that is.

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