The only story in this issue that I feel compelled to blog about was written by David Carr and titled "A Vanishing Journalistic Divide."
The article is about the fact that some journalists are losing their integrity and becoming individual brand names.
While it is "intoxicating" to the reporter, the business model for news is lacking.
This front page story was written in first person, despite the initial point it makes.
Carr said that in his experience as an online reporter, despite what his print friends might think, that the "Web is a remarkably effective journalism machine."
He then goes into the fact that online journalism is great however, right now, print is what brings in the money. He notes that the actual dichotomy between mainstream and digital media is virtually nonexistent.
"So if news is wherever the public finds it, what really is the value of creating a complicated, labor-intensive print product?" Carr put this simply, but really, he has a great point.
If salaries remain the same and the news is the news, why does it matter whether its printed on paper or not? The news should be printed wherever the public wants to read it.
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