Here's the thing—everyone, in every enterprise-level business has deadlines. In news media, there is confusion over auteurship and who drives production. It's similar to music business and movies.
As a result, the businesses while have their entire existence dependent upon control of market are very reluctant to disruptively innovate.
I think, if there was a new media professional journalism school or movement, this would be less of an issue. The more I think about it, we're looking at similar to what Hollywood did before the rise of film school directors—personal control requires control of tools.
In media in general, presentation is a necessary part of identity. Branding is key. Therefore, the tools that create that are frightening to distribute. Good tools, as you know are build from the ground up over time, with both en eye towards future development providing foundation and current need and relentless opposition providing shape.
The Times is pretty progressive, but they're in the seat of Microsoft or Apple—the company can create a standard, but there's little pressure to embrace it.
It's not dust, it's the emergence. Journalism as an occupation is a required aspect of liberty. Journalism as a business is essentially reactive and has not successfully shifted in monetizing new media. Until it does, it will stay stuck in old patterns.
Here's the thing—everyone, in every enterprise-level business has deadlines. In news media, there is confusion over auteurship and who drives production. It's similar to music business and movies.
As a result, the businesses while have their entire existence dependent upon control of market are very reluctant to disruptively innovate.
I think, if there was a new media professional journalism school or movement, this would be less of an issue. The more I think about it, we're looking at similar to what Hollywood did before the rise of film school directors—personal control requires control of tools.
In media in general, presentation is a necessary part of identity. Branding is key. Therefore, the tools that create that are frightening to distribute. Good tools, as you know are build from the ground up over time, with both en eye towards future development providing foundation and current need and relentless opposition providing shape.
The Times is pretty progressive, but they're in the seat of Microsoft or Apple—the company can create a standard, but there's little pressure to embrace it.