Comments on: Media predictions: how did we do? http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/03/media-predictions/ Can you think of a better name? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:46:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/03/media-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-57546 Fagstein Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:38:30 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3531#comment-57546 Nobody annoints journalists. There is no ID card, no certificate that is required before you can practice it. But for news companies to expect that random people on the Internet are going to provide the same quality journalism that a professional will is ridiculous. Nobody annoints journalists. There is no ID card, no certificate that is required before you can practice it.

But for news companies to expect that random people on the Internet are going to provide the same quality journalism that a professional will is ridiculous.

]]> By: Jean Naimard http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/03/media-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-57543 Jean Naimard Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:50:11 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3531#comment-57543 > What happened: User-generated content doesn’t go far beyond comments and pictures of cats > Fortunately, nobody has seriously tried to replace journalists with free Internet labour, though I’m sure they’d jump at the chance if they could. News outlets have learned that you can get the public involved in sharing information and news tips, offering comments on news stories and providing pictures of snow, pets or other uninteresting things. This smacks of corporatism. “Only journalists having been anointed by whatever they do to become journalists are good enough to report news”. It’s funny, I noticed that journalists are extremely competent and know their subject very well, except in the fields I happen to know a lot. > What happened: User-generated content doesn’t go far beyond comments and pictures of cats

> Fortunately, nobody has seriously tried to replace journalists with free Internet labour, though I’m sure they’d jump at the chance if they could. News outlets have learned that you can get the public involved in sharing information and news tips, offering comments on news stories and providing pictures of snow, pets or other uninteresting things.

This smacks of corporatism. “Only journalists having been anointed by whatever they do to become journalists are good enough to report news”.

It’s funny, I noticed that journalists are extremely competent and know their subject very well, except in the fields I happen to know a lot.

]]> By: Ramsay http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/03/media-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-57262 Ramsay Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:50:09 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3531#comment-57262 I really like the print functions that display the article full screen (eg Economist and New York Times) without ads. Bonus points to NYT which is text only and less conspicuous at work :) I really like the print functions that display the article full screen (eg Economist and New York Times) without ads. Bonus points to NYT which is text only and less conspicuous at work :)

]]> By: DAVE ID http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/03/media-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-57201 DAVE ID Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:53:28 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3531#comment-57201 Disappointing. I wont pretend to know what goes on in the news media background. But in my neck of the woods, the IT world, historically it's run by accountants (though this is quickly disappearing) because originally computers were only used in accounting. So for a long time it was accountants with absolutely NO KNOWLEDGE of how IT works making the big decisions. I wouldn't be surprised if it were the same kind of problem ruining the news business. Disappointing. I wont pretend to know what goes on in the news media background. But in my neck of the woods, the IT world, historically it's run by accountants (though this is quickly disappearing) because originally computers were only used in accounting. So for a long time it was accountants with absolutely NO KNOWLEDGE of how IT works making the big decisions. I wouldn't be surprised if it were the same kind of problem ruining the news business.

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