The Hard Truths about Journalism
By Sarah Hinchliff Pearson on September 8, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Sometimes changes are so basic and world-changing that they can be difficult to recognize. Having just finished Losing the News by Alex S. Jones, I was reminded again just how difficult it seems to be for people in the news business to acknowledge the simple truth:
the Internet has eliminated the need for mass media.
Yes, professional journalism may still benefit society, but we no longer live in a world where citizens must necessarily depend on a select group of gatekeepers to funnel them information and news. This is the paradigm shift, and as long as it continues to go unrecognized, visions for the future of journalism will be fundamentally flawed.
Therefore, in the spirit of catharsis, in the simplest and most straightforward terms possible, I set forth four truths about the communications ecosystem created by the Internet. Read more about The Hard Truths about Journalism