Comments on: Rosen: Deep reporting creates hunger for updates http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/rosen-deep-reporting-creates-hunger-for-updates/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rosen: Deep reporting creates hunger for updates » Nieman Journalism Lab « Predicate, LLC | Editorial + Content Strategy http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/rosen-deep-reporting-creates-hunger-for-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-63066 Rosen: Deep reporting creates hunger for updates » Nieman Journalism Lab « Predicate, LLC | Editorial + Content Strategy Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:31:03 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=4691#comment-63066 [...] Rosen: Deep reporting creates hunger for updates » Nieman Journalism Lab [...] [...] Rosen: Deep reporting creates hunger for updates » Nieman Journalism Lab [...]

]]> By: Gina Chen http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/rosen-deep-reporting-creates-hunger-for-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-15034 Gina Chen Tue, 12 May 2009 18:14:30 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=4691#comment-15034 I also heard that This American Life report in question, Giant Pool of Money. In fact, my husband saved it on our iPod, so we could go back to it -- in case we forgot an aspect of what we read. (We listened to parts of it several times.) Before I heard this report, I just blanked out a bit on housing crisis news because I didn't fully understand the crisis. Also, I felt I couldn't join in conversations about it because I didn't want to look stupid or seem ill-informed. So I sort of sat back. But once I understood much of it through this in-depth report I became more interested in the topic and could learn more from less in-depth news reports because I understood the significance of what people were saying. I got nuances that would have gone over my head before. And I felt more confident engaging in conversation about the topic, which both fed my interest and gave me more information. This experience is interesting, I think, because it flies in the face (thank God) of those who believe the answer to the crisis in journalism is shallow fluff. I also heard that This American Life report in question, Giant Pool of Money. In fact, my husband saved it on our iPod, so we could go back to it — in case we forgot an aspect of what we read. (We listened to parts of it several times.)

Before I heard this report, I just blanked out a bit on housing crisis news because I didn’t fully understand the crisis. Also, I felt I couldn’t join in conversations about it because I didn’t want to look stupid or seem ill-informed. So I sort of sat back.

But once I understood much of it through this in-depth report I became more interested in the topic and could learn more from less in-depth news reports because I understood the significance of what people were saying. I got nuances that would have gone over my head before.

And I felt more confident engaging in conversation about the topic, which both fed my interest and gave me more information.

This experience is interesting, I think, because it flies in the face (thank God) of those who believe the answer to the crisis in journalism is shallow fluff.

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