Comments on: Why journalists need to stop playing catch-up, start focusing on the next news model http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/ How one reporter uses blogging, social networking and the rest of the Web Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Ricky http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4697 Ricky Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:37:46 +0000 http://bydanielvictor.com/?p=131#comment-4697 The problem right now, imo, is the fear of losing what little revenue news organizations can count on making. If they decide to change things, they may come out worse financially and have to fold. That's pretty scary to everybody who relies on newspapers to pay their bills. That said, I totally agree with your assessment here. Journalists may have to leave the bureaucracies of newspapers and develop a new model on their own, though. The problem right now, imo, is the fear of losing what little revenue news organizations can count on making. If they decide to change things, they may come out worse financially and have to fold. That’s pretty scary to everybody who relies on newspapers to pay their bills.

That said, I totally agree with your assessment here. Journalists may have to leave the bureaucracies of newspapers and develop a new model on their own, though.

]]> By: KathleenLD http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4608 KathleenLD Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:24:14 +0000 http://bydanielvictor.com/?p=131#comment-4608 Well, the "new virtues" you mentioned are things that the internet is much better at than the MSM... so I think that the internet will keep doing what it's good at but eventually the large news corps will adopt the practices that have done well. Unless Google takes over the world first. Well, the “new virtues” you mentioned are things that the internet is much better at than the MSM… so I think that the internet will keep doing what it’s good at but eventually the large news corps will adopt the practices that have done well.

Unless Google takes over the world first.

]]> By: Daniel Victor http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4607 Daniel Victor Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:23:02 +0000 http://bydanielvictor.com/?p=131#comment-4607 Daniel -- Very interesting question. I dealt more with the "should" than the "will." If I had to bet, I wouldn't put my money on the news organizations, based on the performance thus far. I just think the potential is there for them to grab it and do it well, and you need innovators to make that happen. So I'm not sure which course is wiser. Me, I'm trying my best to enact change from within the behemoth and I intend to keep doing that, but if I came out of college today I'm not sure I'd make the same decision. This could be a good TNTJ topic? Daniel — Very interesting question. I dealt more with the “should” than the “will.”

If I had to bet, I wouldn’t put my money on the news organizations, based on the performance thus far. I just think the potential is there for them to grab it and do it well, and you need innovators to make that happen.

So I’m not sure which course is wiser. Me, I’m trying my best to enact change from within the behemoth and I intend to keep doing that, but if I came out of college today I’m not sure I’d make the same decision. This could be a good TNTJ topic?

]]> By: Daniel http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4605 Daniel Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:56:07 +0000 http://bydanielvictor.com/?p=131#comment-4605 Question, though. Do you think it will be the "old" news organizations that achieve the radical transformation they need, or is it more wise (as a journalist) to invest your time in a "new" news startup? Question, though. Do you think it will be the “old” news organizations that achieve the radical transformation they need, or is it more wise (as a journalist) to invest your time in a “new” news startup?

]]> By: Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » links for 2008-12-30 http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4598 Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » links for 2008-12-30 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:30:19 +0000 http://bydanielvictor.com/?p=131#comment-4598 [...] Why journalists need to stop playing catch-up, start focusing on the next news model | By Daniel Vic... Daniel Victor says: "So journalists: Let’s stop complaining about the fact that we’re getting our asses whooped at today’s news model. … This round is over. Journalists lost. But lucky for journalists, there are plenty more rounds to come. Time to invest our money and expertise into focusing on the next ones." (tags: journalism business newspapers internet newmedia innovation) [...] [...] Why journalists need to stop playing catch-up, start focusing on the next news model | By Daniel Vic… Daniel Victor says: "So journalists: Let’s stop complaining about the fact that we’re getting our asses whooped at today’s news model. … This round is over. Journalists lost. But lucky for journalists, there are plenty more rounds to come. Time to invest our money and expertise into focusing on the next ones." (tags: journalism business newspapers internet newmedia innovation) [...]

]]> By: KathleenLD http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4577 KathleenLD Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:54:15 +0000 http://bydanielvictor.com/?p=131#comment-4577 "The next news model will utilize what the bloggers have done well (immediacy, diversity, voice) and lend to it what the institution of journalism has historically done well (accuracy, authority, ethics). Then we’ll add some new virtues into the fold (aggregation, curation, community-building)." Right on, my journo friend. Well said. “The next news model will utilize what the bloggers have done well (immediacy, diversity, voice) and lend to it what the institution of journalism has historically done well (accuracy, authority, ethics). Then we’ll add some new virtues into the fold (aggregation, curation, community-building).”

Right on, my journo friend. Well said.

]]> By: Notes from a Teacher - Monday squibs http://bydanielvictor.com/2008/12/29/why-journalists-need-to-stop-playing-catch-up-start-focusing-on-the-next-news-model/comment-page-1/#comment-4575 Notes from a Teacher - Monday squibs Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:51:47 +0000 http://bydanielvictor.com/?p=131#comment-4575 [...] Why journalists need to stop playing catch-up, start focusing on the next news model. A cogent argument from Daniel Victor for journalists to take hold of the task of driving the development of new models for news. [...] [...] Why journalists need to stop playing catch-up, start focusing on the next news model. A cogent argument from Daniel Victor for journalists to take hold of the task of driving the development of new models for news. [...]

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