Current Events
Apr.21, 2009 by DovHoffman
As the World Changes…
The reality of life is that we are living in a different world than our parents once lived. A digital world. Today we can barely get by without checking our phone, email, text messages, music files, etc. People are constantly on their Blackberries and iPhones, among other personal mobile devices. Social networks have virtually exploded, allowing us more opportunities to connect with technology and one another.
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Apr.03, 2009 by BrookeWarner
If Newspapers are SO Over, What is the Fall Out? (Part 2 of 2)
I agree with Thomas Jefferson when he said: “The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to choose the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers, and be capable of reading them.”
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Mar.26, 2009 by BrookeWarner
The Day of the Newspaper is Over (Part 1 of 2)
If you are judging by Chinese standards, the newspaper industry is now clearly under the old curse, “May you live in interesting times.” At no other point in modern history have the storied institutions been so in flux; their future so uncertain. The recent move of the Seattle-Post Intelligencer to an online only status and the closing of the Rocky Mountain News (as well as several others less well publicized) is not only a milestone for the industry, but is also a harbinger of things to come.
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