tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13190960.post8524428816355805306..comments2023-12-27T20:06:38.214+00:00Comments on Horizon of Stars: Web Next & Data EcosystemsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01590822202131654298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13190960.post-20715746773917842292008-01-03T14:45:00.000+00:002008-01-03T14:45:00.000+00:00I think so. Most of the media organisations are s...I think so. Most of the media organisations are still very stuck in concept of being the harbringers and gatekeepers of news/information. Jeff Jarvis of <A HREF="http://www.buzzmachine.com" REL="nofollow">Buzzmachine</A> blogs on the issue of media companies missing a trick a lot.<BR/><BR/>His post on the 2nd of Jan <A HREF="http://http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/02/halfway-round-the-track/" REL="nofollow">Halfway Round the Track.</A> Covers one such instance and what the media companies could have done and benefited from.<BR/><BR/>I should have being a little more clear in that sentence i think. The journalist will still write stories but their job goes from being that single task to the large role of bringing together a much greater context as Kara Swisher has been recently <A HREF="http://feeds.allthingsd.com/~r/atd/kara/feed/~3/209855560/" REL="nofollow">posted</A> about when discussing her own careerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590822202131654298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13190960.post-30253783523777959692008-01-02T13:36:00.000+00:002008-01-02T13:36:00.000+00:00"The professional journalist moves on from being t..."The professional journalist moves on from being the source of the story to gathering all the disparate bits of information about a story and then assembling into a consistent and cohesive context around the core story."<BR/><BR/>-- an almost perfect definition of sub-editing, which is good news as it should mean that there is more of a role for the cynical, curmudgeonly production journalists in the brave new world. <BR/><BR/>This prediction, however, seems to ignore the fact that most newspapers are cutting their production departments to the bone and most broadcast organisations are forcing reporters to self-produce to some degree. Are they missing a trick?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com