All options on the table for news in the Net age - InternetNews.com
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON -- For all the nervous talk these days about the future of news, newspapers and quality journalism in the digital age, the old pearl about throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks seems to get at the heart of it.
At panel discussions like the one the Brookings Institution held today, smart people with deep ties to the news business hash over their conceptions of old media transitioning to new, concerns about what might be lost in the process, and what -- if anything -- should be done about it. But unlike some other corners of the debate, none of today's speakers claimed his idea was the panacea for the news business...
WASHINGTON -- For all the nervous talk these days about the future of news, newspapers and quality journalism in the digital age, the old pearl about throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks seems to get at the heart of it.
At panel discussions like the one the Brookings Institution held today, smart people with deep ties to the news business hash over their conceptions of old media transitioning to new, concerns about what might be lost in the process, and what -- if anything -- should be done about it. But unlike some other corners of the debate, none of today's speakers claimed his idea was the panacea for the news business...
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