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RE: It's time to kill the idea that newspapers are essential
I majored in journalism and worked a variety of print jobs that failed to pay enough to make a living. Journalism as a whole is a shrinking profession, supplanted increasingly by the blogosphere and divisive political pundits. Those who make a full-time profession out of journalism undoubtedly number fewer than doctors, lawyers, teachers, janitors ...
Posted to Press Box by NewsView on March 30, 2009
burying the lead
If the headline is about the terrible adventure newspapers are having on the internet, then talk about that. Don't write a two page article about all their previous failures with technology and tack on a single paragraph about their relationship with the internet. An article needs to be written about why newspapers have failed on the web, and ...
Posted to Press Box by teeguy7 on January 6, 2009