I should likely clarify that I want corporate journalism eviscerated. The issue is primarily that we still need fresh voices and new perspectives on what the field overall becomes. My role (such as it is, unemployed currently) is to steward as best I can during my period where I’m seasoned. But someone needs to take over when people like me are no longer relevant.
It may be argued that apps such as TikTok and Instagram are replacing “traditional journalism.” Well, yeah, but a treatise about attention spans is outside the scope of the discussion. And it’s worth bearing in mind that despite social media warping people’s interactions with news, the industry has brought this upon itself by not meeting readers where they’re at.
I hated the first time I had to lay out a listicle, in 2008. But people were still willing to read 25" about a city council meeting even if we also had “10 ways to [fill in the blank]” prettied up – and no one and I mean no one in budget meetings liked that we’d stooped to this. But that’s of course senior staff, and I was the young guy, 28.
For some levity, that newsroom was where we had as a source a local historian. The first time Dick Fallis was brought up in budget, I lost it, and the editors found it hilarious … “Oh, Pete’s not heard his name yet,” the editor said.
I should likely clarify that I want corporate journalism eviscerated. The issue is primarily that we still need fresh voices and new perspectives on what the field overall becomes. My role (such as it is, unemployed currently) is to steward as best I can during my period where I’m seasoned. But someone needs to take over when people like me are no longer relevant.
It may be argued that apps such as TikTok and Instagram are replacing “traditional journalism.” Well, yeah, but a treatise about attention spans is outside the scope of the discussion. And it’s worth bearing in mind that despite social media warping people’s interactions with news, the industry has brought this upon itself by not meeting readers where they’re at.
I hated the first time I had to lay out a listicle, in 2008. But people were still willing to read 25" about a city council meeting even if we also had “10 ways to [fill in the blank]” prettied up – and no one and I mean no one in budget meetings liked that we’d stooped to this. But that’s of course senior staff, and I was the young guy, 28.
For some levity, that newsroom was where we had as a source a local historian. The first time Dick Fallis was brought up in budget, I lost it, and the editors found it hilarious … “Oh, Pete’s not heard his name yet,” the editor said.