Comments on: Monaco Media Forum: Quality and news http://strange.corante.com/2006/10/20/monaco-media-forum-quality-and-news Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 20:59:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Steve http://strange.corante.com/2006/10/20/monaco-media-forum-quality-and-news#comment-2234 Steve Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:48:59 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/10/20/monaco-media-forum-quality-and-news#comment-2234 I was just joshing. My point that journalists do not read my mind is not an insult or put down; this inevitable disconnect is simply due to fact that our own individual lives, experiences, backgrounds, and interests lead us to wonder differently. Since modern technology enables me and journalists to collaborate, why can't I make sure that some of my questions get asked and answered? I was just joshing. My point that journalists do not read my mind is not an insult or put down; this inevitable disconnect is simply due to fact that our own individual lives, experiences, backgrounds, and interests lead us to wonder differently. Since modern technology enables me and journalists to collaborate, why can’t I make sure that some of my questions get asked and answered?

]]> By: Kevin http://strange.corante.com/2006/10/20/monaco-media-forum-quality-and-news#comment-2233 Kevin Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:06:52 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/10/20/monaco-media-forum-quality-and-news#comment-2233 Steve, man, I've been up so long that my irony-sensing circuit is down. I can't tell for the life of me if you're being serious or taking the piss. At any rate, I don't think we need to take a course in real-time mind reading. I do think that there are ways we can open up and involve our audience in the process. The online editor of Le Monde said that the audience is now in his newsroom. I like that. Getting close to the audience. Steve, man, I’ve been up so long that my irony-sensing circuit is down. I can’t tell for the life of me if you’re being serious or taking the piss.

At any rate, I don’t think we need to take a course in real-time mind reading. I do think that there are ways we can open up and involve our audience in the process. The online editor of Le Monde said that the audience is now in his newsroom. I like that. Getting close to the audience.

]]> By: Steve http://strange.corante.com/2006/10/20/monaco-media-forum-quality-and-news#comment-2232 Steve Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:47:42 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/10/20/monaco-media-forum-quality-and-news#comment-2232 "I just don't have time to wait, and the presenters telling me to wait for the story that I really want to watch just pisses me off." Agreed! Stop teasing me, Mr. TV! "I'm not going to write stuff just to please my audience and keep them blissfully ignorant. What I have a problem is that I'm really uncomfortable having the final say in what my audience thinks is important." You're so right on this. No matter how skilled, experienced, or seasoned a journalist is, they still do not asks all the questions that I want answers to. Maybe professional journalists should learn to read minds in real time... “I just don’t have time to wait, and the presenters telling me to wait for the story that I really want to watch just pisses me off.” Agreed! Stop teasing me, Mr. TV!

“I’m not going to write stuff just to please my audience and keep them blissfully ignorant. What I have a problem is that I’m really uncomfortable having the final say in what my audience thinks is important.” You’re so right on this. No matter how skilled, experienced, or seasoned a journalist is, they still do not asks all the questions that I want answers to. Maybe professional journalists should learn to read minds in real time…

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