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It’s a long read, but there’s a thoughtful piece in the Columbia Journalism Review about what newspapers should be doing to not just survive but prosper in the current media environment, and if you’re interested in that kind of thing I highly recommend it. It
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7 months ago
Highly recommended. HT @hughmcguire
He says journalists have simply stopped asking 'why'.
Yes there is a filter problem -- see Shirky's excellent speech at Web2.0NYC http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/ -- but journalism doesn't have to get all academic to solve its problems. Forget the attention economy. Forget complicated filtering. Rediscover the 'why' and readers will find you.
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