FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2006
PressThink
"Vanishing Newspaper" author
Phillip Meyer believes the new owners of Philadelphia's dailies need to be closely watched by a j-review. "In many ways local bloggers are the Journalism Review in Philly," notes
Jay Rosen. He writes:
Why should the nation care about what happens in Philly? The future of democracy is going to depend on how well the country is informed about its problems, Meyer said. "If we re-create journalism so that it can compete with entertainment" then maybe we have a chance. Compete with entertainment… for what? "For the limited supply of public attention."
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