Comments on: The end of print http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/03/25/the-end-of-print/ The blog of online journalist and Web developer Patrick Thornton. This blog seeks to combine journalism and Web development to forge a new frontier. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dan Thornton http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/03/25/the-end-of-print/comment-page-1/#comment-2761 Dan Thornton Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:09:58 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=228#comment-2761 No-one needs newspapers. Everyone needs news and journalism. The more we separate what news is, from how it's delivered, the more we can actually supply it in the best way, which is the most relevant way to the person that wants it. No-one needs newspapers.

Everyone needs news and journalism.

The more we separate what news is, from how it’s delivered, the more we can actually supply it in the best way, which is the most relevant way to the person that wants it.

]]> By: pat http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/03/25/the-end-of-print/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 pat Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:57:36 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=228#comment-2753 I'll give you that. It doesn't have to be from a newspaper companies, but I think the world needs news outlets with the ethos that newspapers were built on. The Web is a better medium than print, TV or radio, but we have yet to see a journalism company on the Web with serious news gathering resources. Hopefully, the deaths of newspapers (and many more will die in the coming years) won't mean the death of qualified information. I’ll give you that. It doesn’t have to be from a newspaper companies, but I think the world needs news outlets with the ethos that newspapers were built on.

The Web is a better medium than print, TV or radio, but we have yet to see a journalism company on the Web with serious news gathering resources.

Hopefully, the deaths of newspapers (and many more will die in the coming years) won’t mean the death of qualified information.

]]> By: Patrick Beeson http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/03/25/the-end-of-print/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 Patrick Beeson Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:50:34 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=228#comment-2752 > But America needs newspapers. America, and the world, needs qualified information, not newspapers. > But America needs newspapers.

America, and the world, needs qualified information, not newspapers.

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