The Fox in the Newsroom
As Slate magazine celebrates its 10th anniversary as the first big online journal of politics and opinion, new-media enthusiasts are considering the future of old media in the 21st Century. Can newspapers, particularly, survive?
That, of course, is a question that gets asked as often as I change the channel on my car radio. Slate's 10th-birthday panel discussion last week answers the question, perhaps surprisingly, in the affirmative.
So how are we going to get young readers to drop their mouses and get newsprint on their fingers? First of all, forget the newsprint. Second, go back to the opinion-based model of newspaper journalism that dominated the 19th Century and before, according to Salon editor David Talbot.
"Newspapers' future is on the Web," Talbot says. "They should be developing more opinionated writers. Fox News showed where popular taste is. People want in-your-face, opinionated media."
That, of course, is a question that gets asked as often as I change the channel on my car radio. Slate's 10th-birthday panel discussion last week answers the question, perhaps surprisingly, in the affirmative.
So how are we going to get young readers to drop their mouses and get newsprint on their fingers? First of all, forget the newsprint. Second, go back to the opinion-based model of newspaper journalism that dominated the 19th Century and before, according to Salon editor David Talbot.
"Newspapers' future is on the Web," Talbot says. "They should be developing more opinionated writers. Fox News showed where popular taste is. People want in-your-face, opinionated media."
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