Comments on: The Future of Journalism http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/14/the-future-of-journalism/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Sabrina Morgan http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/14/the-future-of-journalism/#comment-602 Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:55:22 +0000 http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/14/the-future-of-journalism/#comment-602 Thanks for writing this. It might seem like pointing out the obvious- but to a lot of people it isn't all that obvious. Unfortunately I don't know if those people are reading your blog... I think that different people enjoy different balances of news/commentary, and in different formats (some people will always be text or audio junkies, for example). The dominance of one form doesn't necessarily mean the extinction of another. And free doesn't mean worthless- while networking doesn't pay the bills I think it's becoming harder to ignore the necessity. "In other words, giving people more reasons to visit your site is what makes it a success." YES. Thank you. Thanks for writing this. It might seem like pointing out the obvious- but to a lot of people it isn’t all that obvious. Unfortunately I don’t know if those people are reading your blog…

I think that different people enjoy different balances of news/commentary, and in different formats (some people will always be text or audio junkies, for example). The dominance of one form doesn’t necessarily mean the extinction of another. And free doesn’t mean worthless- while networking doesn’t pay the bills I think it’s becoming harder to ignore the necessity.

“In other words, giving people more reasons to visit your site is what makes it a success.” YES. Thank you.

]]> by: robber_baron http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/14/the-future-of-journalism/#comment-594 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:29:56 +0000 http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/14/the-future-of-journalism/#comment-594 I think the problem that mainstream blogs will run into is how to continue a media empire for content that is currently considered free. Even the most popular political bloggers that exist [on their side of the aisle] offer their content for free. [Even if you have to sit through Salon.com's annoying flash ads for 5 seconds.] How the mainstream media will deal with phasing out advertising profits from newspapers and transform that revenue into online advertising profits has yet to be seen. Bandwidth is expensive and its hard to earn a living off google ads. While I agree that the main stream media needs to exist in some form to do true investigative reporting I think to a degree that this function can also be adsorbed by "professional" bloggers. John @ Americablog.com broke a story about US soldiers trading Iraqi death photos for free access to amateur porn due to a readers tip and a little digging around. It was bloggers that pushed into Jeff Gannon/Guckert's credentials that pushed his obvious stooge-hood into the MSM. I think bloggers [or at least those not bound by obligations to foreign dignitaries] are ready and willing to step up into a more investigative role if needed. I think the problem that mainstream blogs will run into is how to continue a media empire for content that is currently considered free. Even the most popular political bloggers that exist [on their side of the aisle] offer their content for free. [Even if you have to sit through Salon.com’s annoying flash ads for 5 seconds.]

How the mainstream media will deal with phasing out advertising profits from newspapers and transform that revenue into online advertising profits has yet to be seen. Bandwidth is expensive and its hard to earn a living off google ads.

While I agree that the main stream media needs to exist in some form to do true investigative reporting I think to a degree that this function can also be adsorbed by “professional” bloggers.

John @ Americablog.com broke a story about US soldiers trading Iraqi death photos for free access to amateur porn due to a readers tip and a little digging around. It was bloggers that pushed into Jeff Gannon/Guckert’s credentials that pushed his obvious stooge-hood into the MSM.

I think bloggers [or at least those not bound by obligations to foreign dignitaries] are ready and willing to step up into a more investigative role if needed.

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