Should we be worried that the National Newspaper Association’s “Imagining the Future of Newspapers” blog had its last entry in May? Yes. Surprised, no.
This entry was posted on Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 5:34 am and was tagged newspapers.
That was intentionally designed as a temporary project with about 20 essays in the series. We didn’t mean for it to be an ongoing, project. (And it was the Newspaper Association of America, not NNA.) Thanks for the refer, though.
P.S. I forgot to clarify that I’m with the Newspaper Association of American and worked on the “Imagining the Future of Newspapers” essay project. Sorry if that was confusing to anyone out there.
Notice how there were almost no comments on the entries. The project’s emphasis on “big thinkers” was also a flaw. How about perspectives from the journos in the trenches actually living with the changes? As one of those journos, I’m tired of all these blueprints and vision documents. Give me practical advice on how I can connect better with the public and incorporate their insights into what I do — and how to make this happen under the constraints of bureaucracy. There is too much top-down in NAN’s approach, and not enough communication with the humble grassroots who are the editorial side’s main point of contact with the public.
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Ouch.
Jeff,
That was intentionally designed as a temporary project with about 20 essays in the series. We didn’t mean for it to be an ongoing, project. (And it was the Newspaper Association of America, not NNA.) Thanks for the refer, though.
P.S. I forgot to clarify that I’m with the Newspaper Association of American and worked on the “Imagining the Future of Newspapers” essay project. Sorry if that was confusing to anyone out there.
For God’s sake, if anything should be ongoing, this should be.
Jeff,
Perhaps this is the proper visualization.
http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/pexpresstele.jpg
Norwegian Editors Association blog had it’s last entry May 2007: http://www.redaktorene.no.
Notice how there were almost no comments on the entries. The project’s emphasis on “big thinkers” was also a flaw. How about perspectives from the journos in the trenches actually living with the changes? As one of those journos, I’m tired of all these blueprints and vision documents. Give me practical advice on how I can connect better with the public and incorporate their insights into what I do — and how to make this happen under the constraints of bureaucracy. There is too much top-down in NAN’s approach, and not enough communication with the humble grassroots who are the editorial side’s main point of contact with the public.
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Um, folks, that’s a blog from the Newspaper Association of America, not the National Newspaper Association.