Tuesday, November 29, 2005
National journalists tackle media explosion
The Observer (University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.)
Published: 11/08/05
Excerpt:
Bill Mitchell, director of publishing and online
editor at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, highlighted the
imminent changes occurring in the journalism world as a result of the
information revolution, regardless of traditional journalism's
resilience in some aspects of news distribution.
"We no longer play the 'gatekeeper' role that we once did," Mitchell
said. "Back in my parents' day, journalists could decide what was and
was not newsworthy, but now there are no fences on either side of the
gate, so things are rushing in all around us."
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