Keeping Newspapers Alive
What survival strategies daily newspapers should adopt? The New York Times’ Room for Debate blog put the question out to a panel of media professionals. Some panelists shared Walter Isaacson’s view that the papers needed to charge for content, but most were more forward-thinking. Craig Newmark, the founder of craigslist.org, suggested papers create a culture of participation. Rick Rodriguez, former executive editor of The Sacramento Bee, calls for new business models. Geneva Overholser, director of the Annenberg School of Journalism at USC, wants papers to rethink their focus:
First, look around the community to see who is doing good information-gathering and sharing.
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