I do wish people would stop analysing the ‘death of print’ and focus on the future of journalism. There are so many traditional media with stories like the nicely titled “Is democracy written in disappearing ink” which attempt to say journalism will die along with the traditional formats. While I like the title, the answer if obviously “only if you guys want it to!”
Suck it up people. Democracy is alive and well, and professional journalists have never had a better opportunity to tell all the stories they need to tell. The web gets rid of all your publishers, advertisers… financial concerns which could be seen to impact on your ‘professionalism’. If your primary focus is to make money, then I’m putting it to you that democracy doesn’t sit well with that.
If the key to democracy is myriad voices gaining exposure, then democracy has never been better served.
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I'm Jo White, aka Mediamum (TM). I'm an Aussie mum of four living in Colorado doing graduate research in social media and crisis informatics at CU. My life is a blended experience. These are my stories.
