Future of Journalism
June 26, 2009
Short honk: I read “Exploring Journalism’s Future. Civic Media Conference Helps Hatch New Ideas” within interest. MIT is a great place to talk about technology. But what struck me was this quote from the MIT News Office:
“How could anyone worry about the future of journalism after being with these people and seeing what they and so many others are doing?” Gillmor [director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University] said.
When I read this, I asked myself, “Why not ask those journalists who have lost their jobs in the last nine months and those journalists who must endure furloughs without pay, editors at New York publishing houses now looking for freelance work, and the new journalism grads seeking their first job?”
No need to ask an old, addled goose. Not even an online search can turn up jobs for these people who are collateral damage of mismanagement in my opinion.
Stephen Arnold, June 24, 2009
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Your right, of course. The business of journalism for those already in the area or entering it is going through a very bumpy period but that does not equate to journalism itself being in any trouble whatsoever. The field is changing drastically and that makes it an unstable career choice, but also an exciting and challenging one. There are some great interviews with top journalists about the future of journalism at http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid69 which I have found useful.