http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2008/11/11/random-musings-on-discussions-about-journalism/ Useful Resources for Some, Useless Rants for Others Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2008/11/11/random-musings-on-discussions-about-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-832 TeachJ (robert) Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:43:13 +0000 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/?p=138#comment-832 Newspapers serve no real purpose in the world today. They were a great product before the internet because they brought you everything you needed to know about the world to your doorstep every day. The internet does that now. The only areas left that a newspaper provides that the net does not are local sports, obits and local news about your town. The three groups who care about this are not necessarily the same. Local and regional publications about HS sports are already popping up and doing a much better job than the local paper. Ours here in Houston actually has LESS coverage of local sports now than 2-3 years ago. Even their web site is less useful. Local news/obits might keep a MUCH smaller staff employed putting out a product that is about 12-16 pages daily here in Houston. Newspapers serve no real purpose in the world today. They were a great product before the internet because they brought you everything you needed to know about the world to your doorstep every day. The internet does that now. The only areas left that a newspaper provides that the net does not are local sports, obits and local news about your town. The three groups who care about this are not necessarily the same. Local and regional publications about HS sports are already popping up and doing a much better job than the local paper. Ours here in Houston actually has LESS coverage of local sports now than 2-3 years ago. Even their web site is less useful. Local news/obits might keep a MUCH smaller staff employed putting out a product that is about 12-16 pages daily here in Houston.

]]> http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2008/11/11/random-musings-on-discussions-about-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-145 m Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:44:05 +0000 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/?p=138#comment-145 Great post, really appreciate reading your insights and I think much of what you say about journalism can be applied to other fields that serve an essential public good. Doing good, necessary work well and having/maintaining a financially sustainable business model are not always directly correlated. Great post, really appreciate reading your insights and I think much of what you say about journalism can be applied to other fields that serve an essential public good. Doing good, necessary work well and having/maintaining a financially sustainable business model are not always directly correlated.

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