[...] Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post has summed this up masterfully by saying that the web “abhors lack of voice.” [...]

[...] not forget that the idea of objectivity as the defining characteristic of journalism was also central to corporate strategies in the post-war period – the best way to maximise audiences for advertisers was to draw readers [...]

[...] disagree with Atrios’ take on this great Dan Froomkin piece. Here’s [...]

[...] disagree with Atrios’ take on this great Dan Froomkin piece. Here’s Dan: But we’re hiding much of our newsrooms’ value behind a terribly [...]

[...] not forget that the idea of objectivity as the defining characteristic of journalism was also central to corporate strategies in the post-war period – the best way to maximise audiences for advertisers was to draw readers [...]

[...] Why “playing it safe” is killing American newspapers : “But we’re hiding much of our newsrooms’ value behind a terribly anachronistic format: voiceless, incremental news stories that neither get much traffic nor make our sites compelling destinations. While the dispassionate, what-happened-yesterday, inverted-pyramid daily news story still has some marginal utility, it’s mostly a throwback at this point – a relic of a daily product delivered on paper to a geographically limited community.” [...]

[...] writes that journalists were put on the Earth to “seek the truth, hold the powerful accountable, [...]

[...] new (blogger) media — at least when it adhered to the same values, identified in his essay Why “playing it safe” is killing American newspapers thusly: The right way to reinvent ourselves online would be to do precisely what journalists were [...]

Journalism should be primarily concerned with 1.

It’s been hi-jacked by 2 and 3.

There are some areas in which the daily newspaper will never be challenged by the Internet; without daily print newspapers we would have to find something else to wrap fish, put in the bottom of paper trash bags, and spread on the kitchen countertop to soak up grease spatters while cooking. On the other hand, with the new-fangled inks the newspapers aren’t much good for polishing lamp chimneys or windows any more, and we got used to that.

[...] Why “playing it safe” is killing American newspapers: “But we’re hiding much of our newsrooms’ value behind a terribly anachronistic format: voiceless, incremental news stories that neither get much traffic nor make our sites compelling destinations. While the dispassionate, what-happened-yesterday, inverted-pyramid daily news story still has some marginal utility, it’s mostly a throwback at this point – a relic of a daily product delivered on paper to a geographically limited community.” I think you could replace newsroom references with classrooms… [...]

[...] a long prelude to a very good commentary by Dan Froomkin, “Why ‘playing it safe’ is killing American newspapers.” Besides talking about the money issues, Froomkin says smart stuff like this: But we’re hiding [...]

[...] Why “playing it safe” is killing American newspapers: “But we’re hiding much of our newsrooms’ value behind a terribly anachronistic format: voiceless, incremental news stories that neither get much traffic nor make our sites compelling destinations. While the dispassionate, what-happened-yesterday, inverted-pyramid daily news story still has some marginal utility, it’s mostly a throwback at this point — a relic of a daily product delivered on paper to a geographically limited community.” I think you could replace newsroom references with classrooms… [...]

[...] word in the goose pond. You can find “Why “Playing It Safe” Is Killing American Newspapers” here. For me, the most interesting comment in the write up was this passage: If we were to start an [...]