Comments on: Future of journalism: Uncertain but not hopeless http://strange.corante.com/2009/03/16/future-of-journalism-uncertain-but-not-hopeless Picking out patterns in the chaos Tue, 22 May 2012 20:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kevin http://strange.corante.com/2009/03/16/future-of-journalism-uncertain-but-not-hopeless#comment-5221 Kevin Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:15:09 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/03/16/future-of-journalism-uncertain-but-not-hopeless#comment-5221 Bill, I agree with you and your post. Suw and I have actually been talking a lot recently about asking: What is the problem that journalism solves? And now, I think it's important to ask: What problems does journalism solve better than other forms of providing information? Steve Yelvington worked on a project in the US called Newspaper Next, which applied the theories of Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator's Dilemma, to newspapers. The problem with newspapers as they are currently configured is that the problems they once solved are now being solved by other services more efficiently and at less cost. That doesn't mean that newspapers are useless, but it does mean that in these challenging times, newspaper managers need to be a lot clearer about the 'point of journalism', the unique solutions that journalism and only journalism can provide. Thanks for the comment, and I'm sure that this discussion will be rumbling around for the next few years. As the State of the (US) Media Report 2009 says though, the time for coming up with answers is shorter now for many publications and for many journalists. Bill,

I agree with you and your post. Suw and I have actually been talking a lot recently about asking: What is the problem that journalism solves? And now, I think it’s important to ask: What problems does journalism solve better than other forms of providing information?

Steve Yelvington worked on a project in the US called Newspaper Next, which applied the theories of Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, to newspapers. The problem with newspapers as they are currently configured is that the problems they once solved are now being solved by other services more efficiently and at less cost. That doesn’t mean that newspapers are useless, but it does mean that in these challenging times, newspaper managers need to be a lot clearer about the ‘point of journalism’, the unique solutions that journalism and only journalism can provide.

Thanks for the comment, and I’m sure that this discussion will be rumbling around for the next few years. As the State of the (US) Media Report 2009 says though, the time for coming up with answers is shorter now for many publications and for many journalists.

]]> By: Kevin http://strange.corante.com/2009/03/16/future-of-journalism-uncertain-but-not-hopeless#comment-5220 Kevin Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:14:19 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/03/16/future-of-journalism-uncertain-but-not-hopeless#comment-5220 Bill, I agree with you and your post. Suw and I have actually been talking a lot recently about asking: What is the problem that journalism solves? And now, I think it's important to ask: What problems does journalism solve better than other forms of providing information? Steve Yelvington worked on a project in the US called Newspaper Next, which applied the theories of Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator's Dilemma, to newspapers. The problem with newspapers as they are currently configured is that the problems they once solved are now being solved by other services more efficiently and at less cost. That doesn't mean that newspapers are useless, but it does mean that in these challenging times, newspaper managers need to be a lot clearer about the 'point of journalism', the unique solutions that journalism and only journalism can provide. Thanks for the comment, and I'm sure that this discussion will be rumbling around for the next few years. As the Bill,

I agree with you and your post. Suw and I have actually been talking a lot recently about asking: What is the problem that journalism solves? And now, I think it’s important to ask: What problems does journalism solve better than other forms of providing information?

Steve Yelvington worked on a project in the US called Newspaper Next, which applied the theories of Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, to newspapers. The problem with newspapers as they are currently configured is that the problems they once solved are now being solved by other services more efficiently and at less cost. That doesn’t mean that newspapers are useless, but it does mean that in these challenging times, newspaper managers need to be a lot clearer about the ‘point of journalism’, the unique solutions that journalism and only journalism can provide.

Thanks for the comment, and I’m sure that this discussion will be rumbling around for the next few years. As the

]]> By: Bill Thompson http://strange.corante.com/2009/03/16/future-of-journalism-uncertain-but-not-hopeless#comment-5203 Bill Thompson Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:12:00 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/03/16/future-of-journalism-uncertain-but-not-hopeless#comment-5203 I agree, it's not hopeless. But I think a bigger question needs to be asked: what is the point of journalism, Until we can answer that then trying to decide which particular forms wil survive is a waste of time. I've talked about this at more length at http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2009/03/16/take-two-steps-back-a-society-gets-the-journalism-it-deserves/ I agree, it’s not hopeless. But I think a bigger question needs to be asked: what is the point of journalism, Until we can answer that then trying to decide which particular forms wil survive is a waste of time.

I’ve talked about this at more length at

http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2009/03/16/take-two-steps-back-a-society-gets-the-journalism-it-deserves/

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