npr's on point hosts a conversation between atlantic writer andrew sullivan, dean of the columbia school of journalism nicholas lemann and the insanely accomplished daily beast-founder tina brown. and lemme tell ya, if you got any stake or interest in that world, definitely listen to this program. here's one refutable but interesting point that arises and hadn't occurred to me:
blogging, no matter how high the quality, rests on the infrastructure of print media, while also draining its pockets. it simultaneously feeds on, highlights and bankrupts traditional reporting. a parasitic relationship.so... pay the best of the bloggers to investigate? give your journalists blogs? abandon the illusion of an unbiased media, bankroll watchdogs and let the strongest voices rise to the top? i'm no authority. by any means. but the system is capsizing on its own, whether the authorities like it or not, and somebody's gonna have to step in to create and enforce some standards. otherwise it's death to credibility and the whole operation's gonna eat itself, right? asdhgashgoi. i should probably stick to talking about art projects...
in other words, without paid journalists going out to find stories, we don't find out about conditions at guantanamo bay, for example. so, when print journalists lose their jobs because the newspapers who pay them can't compete with the internet, the news that bloggers just discuss is never even uncovered.
HEAR: On Point: Can Bloggers Save Journalism
READ: 'Why I Blog,' by Andrew Sullivan
READ: 'Mourning Old Media's Decline,' by David Carr
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