http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2009/06/24/some-more-thoughts-on-the-snd/ 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/2009/06/24/some-more-thoughts-on-the-snd/comment-page-1/#comment-5165 Bill Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:52:40 +0000 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/?p=1609#comment-5165 I like the idea that the world of journalism is reverting back towards a more jack of all trades expectation for its professionals, I certainly hope you are right. In general developments recently too often push further and further in the direction of great and great specialization which serves to fracture the unity of the completed product. In essence, no one is around who can SEE the whole picture or, thus, take RESPONSIBILITY for it. Moving back towards a focus on a more general expertise will be for the benefit of the entire field as a whole despite the price we may have to pay for it. There are some great interviews with top journalists about the future of journalism which I have found useful when dealing with these matters at <a href="http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid69" target="_blank">http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sect...</a> I like the idea that the world of journalism is reverting back towards a more jack of all trades expectation for its professionals, I certainly hope you are right. In general developments recently too often push further and further in the direction of great and great specialization which serves to fracture the unity of the completed product. In essence, no one is around who can SEE the whole picture or, thus, take RESPONSIBILITY for it. Moving back towards a focus on a more general expertise will be for the benefit of the entire field as a whole despite the price we may have to pay for it. There are some great interviews with top journalists about the future of journalism which I have found useful when dealing with these matters at http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sect…

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