tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post3379045875960387619..comments2024-01-16T00:30:02.493-05:00Comments on That's the Press, Baby: Buggy Whips, With a Superior SegueDavisullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871644412923946894noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-54468098444773870092008-07-11T15:55:00.000-04:002008-07-11T15:55:00.000-04:00Not sure I totally understand your point here. If ...Not sure I totally understand your point here. If anything,what I'm hearing is that the "newspaper" will have to change and become -- egads -- not a newspaper.<BR/><BR/>Your analogy might be apt were we to put "the newspaper" online as some have done (think of the Olive reader) and some may do in the future (a futuristic Kindle?).<BR/><BR/>The but real point is that the "paper" part of the newspaper is pretty much withering away. It may never completely disappear, but ...<BR/><BR/>Where I see you struggling is where many have -- confusing "newspaper" for "newsroom." What I hear you ultimately saying is how do we preserve the newsroom that once serviced the newspaper with this comprehensive report and keep it alive into the digital age. And that's fine, but it presumes a premise that may not be true -- that a large, full-service newsroom is the best way to deliver journalism.<BR/><BR/>To follow on your analogy and why I think it is imperfect -- we no longer are talking about just retooling the body so that it can accept an engine instead of being pulled by a horse. The digital age is seriously posing the question of whether the current "body" is even needed at all.<BR/><BR/>In other words, there are serious arguments to be pondered of whether even the newsroom, as we conceive of it, is the best and most efficient way to do the job. So the "buggy whip makers" might be able to produce steering wheels, but what we really need are rugs, which is outside the competency of the way their business is organized.<BR/><BR/>To put it another way, we might not need a horseless carriage, but a flying carpet.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16156896794811327893noreply@blogger.com