THE FUTURE OF NEWS

ISBN: 9781609273491 Géneros: KNTJ Sinópsis: The Future of News…Will it be defined by a declining legacy media the diminution of important journalism like international reporting the end of whole disciplines like photojournalism and investigative reporting Or will the old be replaced by robust new ways of learning and sharing the news like participatory journalism ambitious freelancing and news satire What’s clear is that the shift from analog to digital is more than just technologicalit is a rift between eras Reporting has evolved from oneway to manytomany from exclusive and expensive to accessible and cheap The ability to create and share news is now handheld and ubiquitousBut it would be a grave mistake to forget the fundamental role of newsto nourish an informed democracy As Thomas Jefferson noted in 1789 Whenever the people are wellinformed they can be trusted with their own government With that in mind our task in this second edition of The Future of News is to explore whether today’s news is intellectually closer to broccoli … or bon bonsIn this edition of The Future of News An Agenda of Perspectives we examine The tensionand congruencebetween legacy and new media and the evolving economic models of both What the lessons of the past can teach us about the future of news The journalistic value and importance of international reporting and quality photojournalism and how they’re compromised by declining budgets The virtual explosion in the amount of information now available and why today’s mandate is less about the availability of information and more about curating the right information Left right and centera debate on the impact of media fragmentation on the quality and credibility of news How social media creates an opportunity for an evermore satisfying and engaging user experience with news Some really different ways of thinking about information including the blurring line between journalism and satireand the value of games in