Comments on: The Internet, it’s a helluva town; the news is up, but the newsies are down (The Economist) http://owenyoungman.com/2009/05/19/the-internet-its-a-helluva-town-the-news-is-up-but-the-newsies-are-down-the-economist/ Knight Professor of Digital Media Strategy, Medill / Northwestern Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jan Erickson http://owenyoungman.com/2009/05/19/the-internet-its-a-helluva-town-the-news-is-up-but-the-newsies-are-down-the-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jan Erickson Wed, 20 May 2009 03:18:32 +0000 http://owenyoungman.com/?p=802#comment-12 Owen, I'd flagged these articles and was glad to read your take on their perspective. It is good to see your measured optimism about the future of journalism, of news. I'm convinced you're right, and that Josh Marshall was right today, too. The next period of chaos will be terribly unnerving to the folks who make a living 'doing' journalism but I think chaos is always generative and frankly, a new era of ongoing change will bring us some fine models that will, more and less, serve us well. As a side note, I think a lot about the book publishing business and how that can evolve as creatively as the news industry. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on that sometime, when you have time. All the best, Jan Owen, I’d flagged these articles and was glad to read your take on their perspective. It is good to see your measured optimism about the future of journalism, of news. I’m convinced you’re right, and that Josh Marshall was right today, too. The next period of chaos will be terribly unnerving to the folks who make a living ‘doing’ journalism but I think chaos is always generative and frankly, a new era of ongoing change will bring us some fine models that will, more and less, serve us well.

As a side note, I think a lot about the book publishing business and how that can evolve as creatively as the news industry. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on that sometime, when you have time.

All the best,
Jan

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