Tom Brokaw: 'News consumers can no longer be couch potatoes'
Disclosure: David Boardman, the moderator for this event, is the executive editor at the newspaper where I work, The Seattle Times.
SEATTLE — Consumers of news need to change their attitude about news consumption in an era where they’re constantly bombarded with information, former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw said at a lecture in Seattle.
The iconic TV news anchor sat down for a public lecture with Seattle Times executive editor and senior vice president David Boardman on Wednesday night at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall to talk about his career, his books, his philosophies and — of most interest to us at 10,000 Words — his thoughts on the current and future state of journalism.
“We can no longer be couch potatoes,” Brokaw said about the role of news consumers, noting that the days of reading the morning paper, afternoon paper and evening news are over. Now,
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