Comments on: Journalism then; journalism now: comprehending the difference

By: Scholars and Rogues » It’s -30- for the Cincy Post: Good news or bad?

Scholars and Rogues » It’s -30- for the Cincy Post: Good news or bad? — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:03:29 +0000

[...] I don’t know. There’s no clear sign that this represents a fundamental change in the corporate business model operating in journalism today â€” maximize shareholder income. The role of large institutional investors in corporate ownership of media has not [...]

By: Debra

Debra — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:51:30 +0000

I found your article fascinating. You bet corporations run newspapers nowadays, it’s a shame! Our site actually helps smaller papers find employees, so if anyone here needs a job writing/editing/sales, check out our site! (JournalismNow.com)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:58:01 +0000

BlueMonkey,

sometimes Greed Can Be Good But only when we are all… in the “WE”… and not the “ME” mode.

Its not so much greed (greed hasn’t changed its nature) as it is the majority being programed to be SELF serving SELF gratifying and SELF improving to the point no one pays attention to the greater community they live in and wants no responsibility for it.

It’s true the collective “they” did the reprogramming through mass media but we fell for it and now only we can reverse it.. We changed, they didn’t. we fell for the increased sex, violence and colorful distractions… They just figured out it didn’t take much to distract us.

By: Paul Wieland

Paul Wieland — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:54:28 +0000

Denny, You speak for a generation of men and women fast leaving this earth.I pray that those to follow can overcome the hell that the corporations have brought to the field.

By: amgriffin

amgriffin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:21:03 +0000

I doubt outsourcing it to India will improve it.

By: BlueMonkey

BlueMonkey — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:02:55 +0000

Greed has driven all business in this country off the rails. Profits are the only thing that matter, whether you’re working for a hospital, a privatized government agency or a newspaper. Businesses that still feel the need to provide livelihoods and needed services to their community are dinosaurs. It’s not too surprising that newspapers would go the way of most other US business. Just more depressing because they are one of the last lines of defense of the people from the bad machinations of their government. Our preoccupation with blow-dried news readers also helped hasten the vacuousness of news in general.

By: Lincoln Paradox

Lincoln Paradox — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:47:08 +0000

I followed a link to this piece from rawstory.com. This is a fantastic work and all terribly true, but the future doesn’t have to be so dismal. When the Founders protected the Press, they also protected Speech. There are a billion blogs out there right now and I guarantee you that many of the young Turks are looking for mentors. Sure, they’re crying out into the electronic wilderness, unsure if anyone is listening, but if they’re helping or educating one reader per day, they’re still doing some good.

By: Dr. Denny

Dr. Denny — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:28:55 +0000

Jim, Ren, Sam … Thanks. When I reflect on what I teach and how I came to teach it, I think back to John, David, Bob and Neil. We all worked at a modest 14,000-circ rural daily. But we had a terrific paper in the ’70s and early ’80s … until we became part of a chain. Those men were good journalists and good teachers.

Sadly, those days won’t return. Thanks again for your kind words.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:04:15 +0000

This is quite simply one of the best analyses on journalism – and what has become of it – that I have ever read.

By: Ren Udae

Ren Udae — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:00:36 +0000

Well written and after my own heart.

By: Jim Booth

Jim Booth — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:32:09 +0000

Fantastic piece, Denny.