Will bloggers save journalism?

By Bob Toovey - 04 February 2008

Jason Lee Miller of WebPro News is covering yet again the possible demise of the newspaper. This is a subject that has been floating around for a while now.

Jason does point out that newspapers do have life left in them, local papers are doing well and making a profit.

Link:How Bloggers Will Save Journalism

The print-is-dead argument is a bit of a straw man because the scarecrow is still awaiting the (tech) wizard to give it life. Fact is, people are still buying newspapers. Fact is, they're still making money, especially small local papers, even if it's less money as the market changes. That means layoffs, and it means some publications with too much overhead shut down.

But dead implies extinction, and I think it might be better to look at it through an evolutionary lens. That is, print must evolve, as journalism must.

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