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By: An Antidote to Gloom-and-Doom « Drake J70 Blog

An Antidote to Gloom-and-Doom « Drake J70 Blog — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:49:25 +0000

[...] 9, 2008 · No Comments Here’s an April link from Mindy McAdams that should serve as a nice antidote to some of the fretting we’ve been [...]

By: Dan Blank: Publishing, Innovation & the Web » Blog Archive » News of the Week 4/6/08

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:53:52 +0000

[...] Chasing rainclouds away with some positive attitude "Journalism is not newspapers. It’s bigger than that old tree-killing tradition, and sooner or later, someone’s going to figure out how to get it paid for." [...]

By: Mindy

Mindy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:49:46 +0000

I think there are many reasons for optimism about journalism today — not only in North America but around the world too.

As with most things in life, it depends whether you look at the glass of water and see it as half full or half empty.

By: Pia Christensen

Pia Christensen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:35:39 +0000

There is reason for optimism! I moderated a panel on multimedia at Health Journalism 2008 this weekend. It was at 9 a.m. on Sunday, the last day of the conference - a notoriously tough time to get people to show up. We had to bring in more chairs and handouts because more than 70 people showed up for the panel. These people already understood that the business is changing and they just want to know how to change with it. After so much doom and gloom, it was refreshing and inspiring to see so many people who just want to know how to move forward! (And, Mindy, thanks for suggesting Amy Eisman - she was a great addition.)

By: Pat Thornton

Pat Thornton — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:31:42 +0000

Print is just about dead, but Mindy is right that written journalism is fine.

The future is especially bleak for newspapers. The future for journalism is very bright. We are entering, however, a very rough transitional period.

Enterprising journalists will find new ways to create better journalism in the coming years. Journalists unwilling to adapt will find themselves jobless, but everyone else will be entering a golden age of journalism.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:09:19 +0000

@Mark U.P. Lang: I have no idea about whether the job count will ever rise again, but it does seem likely that some online operations will eventually support larger staffs than they do today. The 800-person newsroom, though, might be gone forever.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:33:47 +0000

@David: Well, I might have to disagree with you, because PRINT journalism might be terminally ill. But WRITTEN journalism is healthy as ever.

By: David Nolan

David Nolan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:48:15 +0000

So true! I tell my students constantly that if they have been hearing that print journalism is dead, they are listening to the wrong source. In fact, there are more opportunities for good journalists than there have ever been before. It may not be a Mary Tyler Moore newsroom, but it will be just as fulfilling.

By: Mark U.P. Lang

Mark U.P. Lang — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:08:01 +0000

Nice post. I like the dinosaur/small mammal metaphor.

Do you think the number of jobs will bounce back significantly for news-type work, given the fact lots of these online journalism sites I can think of typically run a smaller, tighter ship?

By: Journalism is not newspapers « Jason Kristufek’s We Media blog

Journalism is not newspapers « Jason Kristufek’s We Media blog — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:30:57 +0000

[...] I stole the title of this blog from the Teaching Online Journalism blog post called Chasing rainclouds away with some positive attitude, which provided a little pick-me-up. Journalism is not newspapers. It’s bigger than that old [...]