Cross-posted to my masscomm. blogs. -- pe
Here's one from a guy you should get familiar with, media critic Jack Shafer of the electronic magazine Slate.com. This column on how newspapers serve up a steady diet of leftovers from their internet editions is especially timely for students in Communications 207 (editing for publication) because it updates the chapter on news editing and copy flow we read for Thursday, but it's important for all of us.
What does the future hold for newspapers? That's anybody's guess, but you'll be able to guess better after you read Shafer.
And it will affect all of us, even those of you who have no intention of going into the newspaper business (or like me who have no intention of going back to newspapering). The news business still sets a lot of the standards for the communications industry. So it's worth knowing.
Besides, questions like this -- what does the future hold for newspapers? -- have a way of popping up on midterm and final exam essay tests.
Read it, and be ready to discuss in class.
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