http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/12/newspaper-20/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:49:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/12/newspaper-20/#comment-91046 Lynda Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:05:30 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/12/newspaper-20/#comment-91046 So, I've been around long enough to remember that PCs didn't kill the mainframe, offices never went paperless, the Internet didn't kill Microsoft (yet) and so on. It's clear that the print newspapers are facing huge financial problems, and that classifieds are moving online. But I still don't buy that bloggers or other citizen journalists will become the voice of record for real news. Instead, what we'll see is a melding of traditional and citizen journalism, where paid journalists do investigative reporting and citizen journalists fill in with opinion, first-hand experience and story ranking (i.e. Most Popular). Examples are CNN.com/exchange and other sites. You'll also see professional journalists have to become more professional. Now that anyone can rewrite a press release or regurgitate a financial statement, it's harder to get paid for doing so. So, I’ve been around long enough to remember that PCs didn’t kill the mainframe, offices never went paperless, the Internet didn’t kill Microsoft (yet) and so on. It’s clear that the print newspapers are facing huge financial problems, and that classifieds are moving online. But I still don’t buy that bloggers or other citizen journalists will become the voice of record for real news. Instead, what we’ll see is a melding of traditional and citizen journalism, where paid journalists do investigative reporting and citizen journalists fill in with opinion, first-hand experience and story ranking (i.e. Most Popular). Examples are CNN.com/exchange and other sites. You’ll also see professional journalists have to become more professional. Now that anyone can rewrite a press release or regurgitate a financial statement, it’s harder to get paid for doing so.

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