Comments for RJW3 http://www.rjw3.net/blog The thoughts and words of Robert J Wolfington III Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The real cost of news by admin http://www.rjw3.net/blog/2010/01/the-real-cost-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-242 admin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:26:43 +0000 http://www.rjw3.net/blog/?p=542#comment-242 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.

]]> Comment on The real cost of news by jamEs http://www.rjw3.net/blog/2010/01/the-real-cost-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-241 jamEs Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:21:18 +0000 http://www.rjw3.net/blog/?p=542#comment-241 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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