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To: tejek who wrote (186394)	2/25/2009 6:45:18 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 306849

We are losing the newspapers without a solid media infrastructure existing on line to replace them. Most of the online sites are not originators of the news but rather a regurgitation of stories found in the wires or newspapers. There is no dearth of good journalists and trained literary writers (MFA programs in writing have boomed and are spitting out thousands of hungry young writers each year.) This issue is print v. electronic media. There's a restructuring going on, and certainly the nature of electronic media will add to the evolution of the shape of news, but it's the only thing I think we don't have to worry about so much. Jill knows the journalism end of things, so she's an expert there. I can tell you that the literary end of the continuum-- for electronic journals-- is healthy and surging in both readership and a great creative global comingling.

To: tejek who wrote (186394)	2/25/2009 9:49:33 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Very scary. The SF Chronicle is a great paper. Yet I read the NYT online and prefer it so much to the paper. Why waste trees? OTOH Google news is my main source of news which draws on all papers around the country. I'm not sure what model they can use except advertising--which they do attempt already. Then they need more video. Here is a good column: lrb.co.uk

To: tejek who wrote (186394)	2/25/2009 11:03:19 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

By the way, there must be some way to improve the model. Because I often now watch newscasts online at times that I want to. Look at this excellent NYT page: nytimes.com It has the video of Obama's speech, which I feel like watching today, and commentary. I wouldn't mind if they inserted commercials. That's the only way I can imagine newspapers can survive. The NYT online presence is very high quality, they still have a "print" mentality and don't sacrifice quality--because the first edition is usually print. That of course, is the NYT. I'm pretty sure the New Yorker is in really bad trouble--I'm a subscriber and keep getting exhortations to buy commemorative issues. That's not a way to drum up money, I don't think. And they lose money like crazy.