Comments on: 5 questions that “future of news” panels should be asking http://jeffsonderman.com/2010/01/5-questions-that-future-of-news-panels-should-be-asking/ on journalism, tech, life. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Anna44 http://jeffsonderman.com/2010/01/5-questions-that-future-of-news-panels-should-be-asking/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Anna44 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:30:49 +0000 http://jeffsonderman.com/?p=327033246#comment-6 It seems to me another question that should be asked is how do we make sure the "un-sexy" but vital news gets covered in a world of on-line "everyday citizens" writing about what interests them. For example, who, exactly, is going to cover what is going on in state governments or federal agencies? Even more, how do we compensate for any depth of knowledge--either by training or experience--brought to journalism by those who have, say, some education in scientific matters or years of observing local government. Certainly, ordinary people _can_ bring those things to their writing, but an important question is will they? In other words, how do we not lose journalism to blogging? I believe they both have their place but that they are not interchangable. We need a new model, but I don't think anyone has yet defined what that model is. It seems to me another question that should be asked is how do we make sure the “un-sexy” but vital news gets covered in a world of on-line “everyday citizens” writing about what interests them. For example, who, exactly, is going to cover what is going on in state governments or federal agencies? Even more, how do we compensate for any depth of knowledge–either by training or experience–brought to journalism by those who have, say, some education in scientific matters or years of observing local government. Certainly, ordinary people _can_ bring those things to their writing, but an important question is will they? In other words, how do we not lose journalism to blogging? I believe they both have their place but that they are not interchangable. We need a new model, but I don’t think anyone has yet defined what that model is.

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