Tuesday, May 12, 2009
via Romenesko: "Shouldn't journalists just find out what people want and give it to them?"
This piece comes on the heels of the Tribune market research tempest and these first two comments at the Romenesko site illustrate the extremes of the argument: Each one has merit.
Ideally, editors and publishers will engage their readers, exciting them about the world around them and the prospects of self-governance. A pretty fair gage of their success in this endeavor would be the history of low voter turn-outs in this country.
But not to worry, it won't be long before Murdoch gives the Wall Street Journal a Page 3 . ¶ 5/12/2009 03:00:00 PM
Ideally, editors and publishers will engage their readers, exciting them about the world around them and the prospects of self-governance. A pretty fair gage of their success in this endeavor would be the history of low voter turn-outs in this country.
But not to worry, it won't be long before Murdoch gives the Wall Street Journal a Page 3 . ¶ 5/12/2009 03:00:00 PM
