“We’re calling it the Splice Low-Res Festival, because it’s a quick and dirty idea and we all know video conferences can be pretty fuzzy…We’re doing this because it’s cheaper than therapy.”
Losing the chance to gather together to swap stories and ideas is very low on the list of the virus’ negative effects, of course. But it’s a harbinger of the sort of disruption that could be coming on a larger scale.
“There was a lot of convincing each other and bursting each other’s bubbles. You don’t want people to be too drunk on Kool-Aid or too cynical, as journalists tend to be.”
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Rao, Meghna. "Seeing a gap in Southeast Asia, India’s The Ken plots a regional expansion with local reporters." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 31 Jan. 2020. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Rao, M. (2020, Jan. 31). Seeing a gap in Southeast Asia, India’s The Ken plots a regional expansion with local reporters. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/seeing-a-gap-in-southeast-asia-indias-the-ken-plots-a-regional-expansion-with-local-reporters/
Chicago
Rao, Meghna. "Seeing a gap in Southeast Asia, India’s The Ken plots a regional expansion with local reporters." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 31, 2020. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/seeing-a-gap-in-southeast-asia-indias-the-ken-plots-a-regional-expansion-with-local-reporters/.
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