~terry
Sat, Feb 21, 1998 (16:52)
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This panel looked at the changing role of the reader and the journalist in
the electronic environment. Is "journalist" an overly dignified term for
the writing we see on the Internet? New time pressures and chances to
update make the process of generating "news" more fluid, and possibly
more error-prone as well. How do on-line versions of newspapers and other
information and entertainment sources change what reporters are supposed
to do and how readers interact with the newspaper? With easier
opportunities to talk back to newspapers and other sources, are readers
more empowered? Finally, will the editor become extinct in the future, or
will readers need the gatekeeping they provide? The panel offers some
observations on whether news and some of the network-based information
institutions really care about Fourth Estate obligations, or whether
their quest for audiences numbers and an efficient news cycle overrules
integrity and accountability.
Todd Lappin, Wired Magazine
Peter Lewis, New York Times
Elizabeth Weise, USA Today
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