New Future

November 25th, 2007 | Media, Online, Print

Of Ryan Sholin’s list of 10 obvious things about the future of newspapers you need to get through your head, there are a few points I particularly like.

New delivery systems - RSS, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, etc. - aren’t the competition. Ignore them at your own peril.
You don’t need millions of dollars or HD cameras or years of training to make it happen; all you need is the right frame of mind.
Bloggers aren’t an uneducated lynch mob unconcerned by facts. They’re your readers and your neighbors and if you play your cards right, your sources and your community moderators.

I also like the first comment response by online journalism educator Mindy McAdams, who says user-generated content shouldn’t exist in a backwater (or not at all), but in “a place where the public’s concerns and interests (not just their opinions) are brought out and discussed”.

This ties in with the idea that bloggers = readers = neighbours = community sources.

And not only that, but online-savvy community sources.

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