tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post6302345476116559804..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: You'll miss the media when it’s goneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-23405488463861602712009-03-04T14:59:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:59:00.000-05:00I wrote a post on my blog the other day about the ...I wrote a post on my blog the other day about the changing nature of media. One of the points that I raised is that the (inevitable) death of print and broadcast news does not equal the death of professional journalism. I think that is a mistake to characterize bloggers as people who write opinion columns in their spare time based on second hand research. Sure, that is true of an awful lot of bloggers. But, there are also well-resourced professional news organizations who do excellent first-hand digging and publish their content exclusively online. In other words, the death of newspapers is not alarming because smart newspapers will stop printing a dead tree edition and move into a new medium that has lower distribution costs. They will use that savings to improve the core product (the content), which includes better research and more resources for chasing down a story. These smart publications will still thrive online using a new business model. Unfortunately, most print and broadcast news outlets are abjectly failing to embrace new media and new business models. Eventually, however, they will wake up. When that happens, we will get even better professional news reporting than we have today, but it will be delivered through a different medium and backed by a radically different business model.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-23881772045639641172009-03-03T14:14:00.000-05:002009-03-03T14:14:00.000-05:00I guess that should have been "role" not roll ;)I guess that should have been "role" not roll ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-88367687060348449762009-03-03T13:34:00.000-05:002009-03-03T13:34:00.000-05:00You’ll miss the media when it’s gone.The media--at...<I>You’ll miss the media when it’s gone.</I><BR/><BR/>The media--at least the media that has any value--is already gone. The dregs that remain won't be missed one bit.Robert McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441059623685149683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-4959547957304363752009-03-03T12:37:00.000-05:002009-03-03T12:37:00.000-05:00Excellent Post. You're on a roll today ; ).I love...Excellent Post. You're on a roll today ; ).<BR/><BR/>I love blogs . . . obviously. But the absence of good solid news reporting, when you see it, would leave a huge hole in the public dialogue.<BR/><BR/>I am angry many once-respected news agencies have lost their way on that. I can still recall when news agencies broke big stories and asked tough questions, and recognized their roll as educators to the public on issues they needed to understand.<BR/><BR/>I want them to learn that roll again, not disappear forever. That would be worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com