Comments on: Who decides where journalism is heading? http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/who-decides-where-journalism-is-heading/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/who-decides-where-journalism-is-heading/#comment-80 Mindy McAdams Mon, 22 May 2006 23:48:11 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/who-decides-where-journalism-is-heading/#comment-80 Have a look at Tom Fiedler's response to Ed:<br/><br/>http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=11422 Have a look at Tom Fiedler’s response to Ed:

http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=11422

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/who-decides-where-journalism-is-heading/#comment-79 Paul Bradshaw Fri, 19 May 2006 10:57:29 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/who-decides-where-journalism-is-heading/#comment-79 My opinion (<a HREF="http://ojournalism.blogspot.com/2006/05/is-convergence-next-media-disaster.html" REL="nofollow">http://ojournalism.blogspot.com/2006/05/is-convergence-next-media-disaster.html</a>) is that we need to ask whether the round-the-clock publishing cycle that Ed sees as so threatening would be as bad if sufficient production staff were allocated to ensure quality. How do 24-hour TV news channels manage the same? And if you accept that argument, does not the daily publishing cycle of most newspapers also 'threaten' quality? Does it make a weekly newspaper better quality? Or a monthly magazine?<br/><br/>Speed certainly does threaten quality - many journalists will tell you how the pressure to publish and fill pages results in shortcuts being taken, but is this due to speed itself, or the lack of training to cope with that speed (editing practices), and the lack of staff to produce enough to fill that space? My opinion (http://ojournalism.blogspot.com/2006/05/is-convergence-next-media-disaster.html) is that we need to ask whether the round-the-clock publishing cycle that Ed sees as so threatening would be as bad if sufficient production staff were allocated to ensure quality. How do 24-hour TV news channels manage the same? And if you accept that argument, does not the daily publishing cycle of most newspapers also ‘threaten’ quality? Does it make a weekly newspaper better quality? Or a monthly magazine?

Speed certainly does threaten quality - many journalists will tell you how the pressure to publish and fill pages results in shortcuts being taken, but is this due to speed itself, or the lack of training to cope with that speed (editing practices), and the lack of staff to produce enough to fill that space?

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