A talented staff, good ideas, and some forward-thinking technology couldn’t overcome a muddled editorial vision — and the realities of how news sites make money in 2020.
“I’m not worried about this technology driving the humanity out of journalism. I’m really excited about the promise of technology bringing more humanity to journalism.” Also: a Michael Barbaro bot.
The quest for scale, driven by the distribution power of a few enormous technology platforms, is killing the business case for local news. Will anything take its place?
“The biggest challenge for the FT, we feel, lies not in its transition to digital, which can be achieved with web-savvy staff, but in the transition of the print staff to this ‘post-news’ method.”
Plus: 60 Minutes produces a friendly story on the NSA, the ethics of holding stories, and the rest of the week’s journalism and tech news. Mark Coddington
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: 60 Minutes’ Benghazi breakdown, and brain drain concerns at the Times." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 15 Nov. 2013. Web. 23 Mar. 2023.
APA
Coddington, M. (2013, Nov. 15). This Week in Review: 60 Minutes’ Benghazi breakdown, and brain drain concerns at the Times. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/11/this-week-in-review-60-minutes-benghazi-breakdown-and-brain-drain-concerns-at-the-times/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: 60 Minutes’ Benghazi breakdown, and brain drain concerns at the Times." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 15, 2013. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/11/this-week-in-review-60-minutes-benghazi-breakdown-and-brain-drain-concerns-at-the-times/.
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