We Want Media

After listening to Salon editor-in-chief Joan Walsh last week, I am now more than confident that all journalists will survive the inevitable digital evolution of journalism.

In a recent letter to Romenesko, Philadelphia News reporter David Sullivan refuted a claim made by Miami Herald editor Tom Fielder stating that people work in the journalism environment because they love presenting the news.

After learning that the New York Daily News was starting its own blogs with its own writers through some ads in its print edition, I was both excited and skeptical about the idea.

In a recent interview, movie star Harrison Ford said he hates the internet because he feels that it allows people to spread gossip and misrepresent him. Does anyone get Mr. Ford’s complaint here? I sure don’t.

The recent resignation of Washington Post blogger Ben Domenech proves that blogs are valuable to mass media and the future of journalism will be better than ever.

While reading E-Media Tidbits, I came across an interesting post about the bloggers. The post commented on Jeff Jarvis’s essay Gatekeepers v. Amateurs that says bloggers may not have the tools that professional journalists have.

The recent news headlines on the police investigation of the murder of a John Jay College student irrates me because it is part of the growing trend of the media morphing into the unnoffical judge and jury of crimes.

In a recent talk at Yale University, Slate Magazine editor Jacob Weisberg said that “print media is falling behind” and the industry is slow to “exploit” the internet. As an up and coming print journalist, I strongly disagree.

On my trip to India over winter break, I noticed something very unusual over there. Mass media, especially the internet, is as popular there as it is here, maybe even more.

A superhero message board made me think deeply about freedom of speech. To summarize what happened, a member of the dc commics message board "toonzone" named Disney Boy or DB posted his thoughts on Superman.

According to Wikipedia, Thomas Jefferson chose not to publicly give his State of the Union address because he felt that it was too monarchial. After watching last Thursday's address, I am starting to agree with him.