First Sinclair and now the Kochs are back. In an age of media free-for-all and massive deregulation, will fact-based journalism become an endangered species?
“The New York Times, The Washington Post, and ProPublica, among others, have risen to the national occasion. But they can’t be expected to grapple with the real, transcendent issues state by state, community by community.”
Reporters and editors from prominent news organizations waded through the challenges (new and old) of reporting in the current political climate during a Harvard University event on Tuesday night.
Readers have finally understood that their payments for the news will actually make a difference in what they and their community know. That model needs to be extended down to states and cities.
“It’s not experimentation that is most needed. It’s execution, and execution based on the value of smarter, rather than dumbed-down, local journalism.”
Quah, Nicholas. "Hot Pod: As more podcasts become TV shows, can their founders retain creative control?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 26 Apr. 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2018.
APA
Quah, N. (2016, Apr. 26). Hot Pod: As more podcasts become TV shows, can their founders retain creative control?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 21, 2018, from http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/04/hot-pod-as-more-podcasts-become-tv-shows-can-their-founders-retain-creative-control/
Chicago
Quah, Nicholas. "Hot Pod: As more podcasts become TV shows, can their founders retain creative control?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 26, 2016. Accessed July 21, 2018. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/04/hot-pod-as-more-podcasts-become-tv-shows-can-their-founders-retain-creative-control/.
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