These are some quick ideas (with definite editorial content):
Beyond the pundit: including the critical voices. The consequences of market journalism: the newsroom lost to canned news. The impact of market journalism and the rise and influence of the public relations industry in the news business. Getting past the sound bite: how to report new ideas and new voices in a way that they get heard and understand. Reporting the minority viewpoint: How important is it? How to report it effectively? Beyond the mainstream: how to report the full picture. What is the deeper vision that brought us to this work and how can we remain true to that vision in an industry which may not always support it? News: a business or a public trust? Conflicts and opportunities. What can we learn from foreign news reporting? In some ways these sound like things that might end up talked about in individual groups. Though focusing more narrowly (e.g. on one of these topics) would give a chance to go deeper and would probably actually lead to many related areas. A container that might hold the big picture could be something like: Burning issues: the things about our industry that reporters always want to talk about and seldom have the opportunity to talk about. or What we really want to talk about. (I hope these are some of the things some of them would like to talk about.) Good luck. I admire your decision to do more than just be dissatisfied. -- Kenoli
I am opening a space on October 14 at the national conference of an association for newspaper editors. These are the people who decide what stories will be covered in our mainstream papers. There will be 300-500 people there. Originally, the subject was The Future of Journalism: its spirit and its business. Now everything has changed. We (the president of the association, an editor, a journalist and myself) are rethinking the theme of the summit in light of current events. As someone who is utterly unsatisfied with the coverage, I got involved with these folks to invite them into conversation about the purpose and practice of their work. I suspect they may be more ready for such a conversation because of the responsibility they feel during this time. Any thoughts on framing would be helpful. I talk again with the sponsoring group on Monday. Peggy ______________________________ **** Please note new address: [email protected] *** Peggy Holman The Open Circle Company 15347 SE 49th Place Bellevue, WA 98006 425.378.8331 (fax) 425.746.6274 www.opencirclecompany.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
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