Archive for May 22, 2008
What was isn’t what will be
Change is happening at a very rapid pace. What journalism was and what journalism will be don’t share a lot in common beyond the basics of good, solid reporting. As long as we don’t forget the basics and don’t fear the future, we’ll be OK. But have enough journalists gotten the memo? Sometimes I feel [...]
Is the mainstream media overrun by a toxic culture?
Amy Gahran has a fantastic blog post about a possible toxic culture forming at many journalism organizations and within the field of journalism. I highly recommend you read Amy’s post and think about it. What she is basically saying is that many journalists are overcome by hubris or a journalistic arrogance, as Sam Zell put [...]