Distinguishing between rubbish and reliable information, needs some serious skills, no matter what casual unprofessionalism believes or tries to prove. Still, times have changed dramatically and the battle between old and new is still escalating. Emily Bell, currently director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism, writes (another) compelling article about all these radical changes in media, prompted by Chris Hughes acquisition of The New Republic (back in 2012) and the recent mass exodus of staff revolting to Hughes new vision. This is an article worth reading. The media world has changed so much that the New Republic, the Washington Post and the New York Times can never be what they once were, no matter who holds the purse strings and no matter who is in charge of editorial. But we do still need institutions that take seriously the mission of informing and debating, of reporting events and exchanging ideas – and we need them to be integrated into the way that people consume and participate in news. To get there, the marriages between owners and editors – between technologists and journalists – need to learn to operate on mutual respect. Putting technology to use for journalism needs not two distinct cultures but a new and unified one. Anything else would be flagrant and frivolous. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/dec/09/silicon-valley-journalism-chris-hughes-new-republic-buzzfeed
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:00:01 +0000
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