Comments on: Newspapers are a sinking ship – and have only themselves to blame http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/06/11/newspapers-are-a-sinking-ship-and-have-only-themselves-to-blame/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Technology news in June | Montreal Tech Watch http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/06/11/newspapers-are-a-sinking-ship-and-have-only-themselves-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Technology news in June | Montreal Tech Watch Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:21:25 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=389#comment-698 [...] dicussion about problems in the media, started by the fagstein blog. (June [...] [...] dicussion about problems in the media, started by the fagstein blog. (June [...]

]]> By: Poll of the Week, #2: Innovation in Media | Montreal Tech Watch http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/06/11/newspapers-are-a-sinking-ship-and-have-only-themselves-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Poll of the Week, #2: Innovation in Media | Montreal Tech Watch Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:32:22 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=389#comment-684 [...] got transferred to the web. “Fagstein”, who is a freelancer for the Montreal Gazette, had recently an excellent post describing the problems facing newspapers. Québecor is a perfect example: they are fighting free dailies like Metro, journalists are in [...] [...] got transferred to the web. “Fagstein”, who is a freelancer for the Montreal Gazette, had recently an excellent post describing the problems facing newspapers. Québecor is a perfect example: they are fighting free dailies like Metro, journalists are in [...]

]]> By: Sue Lick http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/06/11/newspapers-are-a-sinking-ship-and-have-only-themselves-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Sue Lick Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:46:58 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=389#comment-471 Steve, This is the most dead-on description of what's happening in the business that I have ever seen. Thank you for not soft-coating anything. Your average reader has no idea. Sue Longtime journalist who is disgusted with what's happening in the media Steve,
This is the most dead-on description of what's happening in the business that I have ever seen. Thank you for not soft-coating anything. Your average reader has no idea.
Sue
Longtime journalist who is disgusted with what's happening in the media

]]> By: heri http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/06/11/newspapers-are-a-sinking-ship-and-have-only-themselves-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-465 heri Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:05:42 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=389#comment-465 hi steve it's great to read this post, even though you work for Montreal Gazette. i think there are answers to this: * bloggers. people like you who hunt information out there. * websites like ohmynews or nowpublic who publish user-written reports i am sure you ve seen blogs like burning city from baghad who is telling stories from iraqis - which is a sharp constrast from cnn or fox reporters who stay in the green zone. i am expecting more people like that in the future. the big problem right now is the revenue model. if a blogger or someone is ready to report local news, it's actually very difficult, if not impossible, to recoup costs (=his own salary). i am sure though it is just a transition and solutions and models will be found in the near future. by the way, i think your posts are great. you should submit them to digg/reddit or other portals. they would make a hit. hi steve
it's great to read this post, even though you work for Montreal Gazette.

i think there are answers to this:
* bloggers. people like you who hunt information out there.
* websites like ohmynews or nowpublic who publish user-written reports

i am sure you ve seen blogs like burning city from baghad who is telling stories from iraqis - which is a sharp constrast from cnn or fox reporters who stay in the green zone. i am expecting more people like that in the future.

the big problem right now is the revenue model. if a blogger or someone is ready to report local news, it's actually very difficult, if not impossible, to recoup costs (=his own salary). i am sure though it is just a transition and solutions and models will be found in the near future.

by the way, i think your posts are great. you should submit them to digg/reddit or other portals. they would make a hit.

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