Nov
24
Some interesting reading for the (American) post-holiday weekend:
- What Citizens Should Expect from the Press. From the Committee of Concerned Journalists comes a six-point Citizens Bill of Journalism Rights (an awkwardly-worded title, that). It reads as a strong, basic definition of what good journalism is. Add it to the codes of professionalism and the like that are peppered throughout “official” journalism but, remember, that while the intent is hugely admirable, there’s no way of enforcing any of them.
- The acceleration in the disruption of media. Tom Foremski ponders a little more on one of the essential questions of the age: what happens if the old media dies before the new media learns to walk? The question, I think, is becoming less pressing than it was two years ago, given the strides the new media has made. It’s still an essential question, though, particularly when it comes to the questions of cost.
- Press Gazette closes after 41 years. What does it mean when a publication that covers media (the UK’s equivalent of Editor & Publisher) has to shutter the shop?
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