In his book Mass Disruption, John Stackhouse writes extensively about the effect of the digital revolution that’s been raging for the past decade. “If newspapers [are] to survive… old school [needs] to meet new school in a hurry.” Unfortunately, the industry doesn’t seem to be doing so well, what with La Presse and Nanaimo Daily News ceasing print earlier… Continue reading What’s the news worth?
Tag: Paul Godfrey
Op-ed: Dear Canadian journalists
Dear Canadian journalists, It’s time we have a serious talk. Yes, you are in trouble. It’s not you, it’s the Paul Godfreys of the world. They have pushed a noble profession closer and closer to falling into a black void of unemployment and no value, the Mount Doom for our seemingly cursed pens (or keyboards, if… Continue reading Op-ed: Dear Canadian journalists
Mission Impossible
Or so Post doomsayers claim. Why Anne Marie Owens says they’re wrong