Today’s quote of the day comes via The New York Times and is from MediaNews chief John Paton who heads up the US’s second-largest news publisher. On the future of print Paton had this to say: At some point, print is going to cost more money than it is worth. If you don’t have a [...]
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When printed newspapers become too expensive to survive
Posted by Alastair Otter on November 15, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/11/when-printed-newspapers-become-too-expensive-to-survive/
As media evolves journalists need to embrace change
I’ve been a journalist for the best part of two decades. In that time not much has changed. And yet, so much has. The end product, a newspaper, is largely the same as it has always been, but the processes to produce it are not. Over the years I’ve seen layers of skill stripped from [...]
Posted by Alastair Otter on September 23, 2011
http://mediahack.co.za/2011/09/as-media-evolves-journalists-need-to-embrace-change/
Chilean miners and the future of news
The rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners this week dominated world headlines. Even here in South Africa people were glued to televisions, every newspaper ran the story as their lead, and social networks were jammed with posts about the ongoing rescue efforts. Even more amazingly some estimates put the number of journalists covering the [...]
Posted by Alastair Otter on October 15, 2010
http://mediahack.co.za/2010/10/chile-and-a-lesson-in-the-future-of-news/