Peter's post makes me realize that I don't really have a clear sense of
how newspapers simultaneously put out their print and on-line versions.
What I'd love to see is a case study of one story that would show its
journey from reporter to editor to web to print to multi-media to pod
cast. Is the print edition privileged at all? Or are major exclusive
stories simply posted on the web site the moment they are finally
cleared through the editorial process? Do they work on the multimedia
versions of stories at the same time that the reporter is doing the
reporting? Or are the multi-media people given the finished product and
asked to  think of ways to use media to enhance it? 

Steve



-----Original Message-----
From: HCJ [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter
Parisi
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:17 PM
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Subject: MoJo article on newspaper industry

Members of this list, especially younger members, may be interested in a
couple of recent articles on the current state and  likely future of the
newspaper industry.

The current Mother Jones has an excellent round up on the economic
pressures that are endangering quality journalism. It includes an
illuminating discussion of "convergence" -- having reporters handle a
variety of new responsibilities, such as filing breaking news stories to
the Internet edition, shoot stills and video, appear on TV, and still
write more substantial stories for the print edition.
It's at:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/03/breaking_the_news.html

American Journalism Review has a story on how young journalists are
navigating between their love of the journalism and their recognition
that the business is undergoing significant change.
Check out:
http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4305

If any of you get a chance to look at this stuff, let us know what you
think. How are you envisioning your career? Where would you like to be
in journalism? What sort of alternative plans do you have, if any?

Peter Parisi, Ph.D.
Dept. of Film & Media Studies
Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-772-4949
It's not the suffering itself that is so bad, it's _resenting_ the
suffering. --Allen Ginsberg is