Monday, May 16, 2011

Dangerous Blend | Monday Note

A stark journalism reality check

Last week, the Columbia School of Journalism released “The Story so Far (PDF here). For news zealots, this is tantamount to the Vatican publishing a sex manual. Still, this work is one of the best reports ever written on the state of modern journalism. Its authors, Bill Grueskin, Ava Seave and Lucas Graves, detail the effects of 15 years of making news available for free on the internet, and the consequences of unbundling news into morsels that lose their value in the social media whirlwind.  In this 143 pages paper, no complaints, no whining: just facts and insightful analysis of the current state of digital media. An absolute must-read.

Dangerous Blend | Monday Note

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