Who will pay?
Mark & I went to the Newseum (a museum of journalism) on Monday. One of the exhibits was talking about how news has changed with the advent of the internet, blogging, cell phone cameras, etc.
I've heard all the concerns about how the bloggers aren't trained journalists, and may not follow the same code of ethics (such as it is), and that does concern me about news in the future.
However, the museum pointed out something that I hadn't really been thinking about: it's possible that "News" providers (whether TV or "newspapers") will start using these other sources as part of their cost cutting in order to survive. However, who then will pay for true investigative reporting? Very few bloggers or whistle blowers are going to invest a lot of time and money into really getting all the parts of the story. It may be that we'll get more little pieces of a story, but never really an in-depth investigation.
I've heard all the concerns about how the bloggers aren't trained journalists, and may not follow the same code of ethics (such as it is), and that does concern me about news in the future.
However, the museum pointed out something that I hadn't really been thinking about: it's possible that "News" providers (whether TV or "newspapers") will start using these other sources as part of their cost cutting in order to survive. However, who then will pay for true investigative reporting? Very few bloggers or whistle blowers are going to invest a lot of time and money into really getting all the parts of the story. It may be that we'll get more little pieces of a story, but never really an in-depth investigation.