February 8, 2005
When print jockeys speak…
Daniel Okrent has the right idea, but I don’t think he goes far enough. Newspapers should not allow reporters to be sources for television.
That said, I wish to briefly mention two brackets:
1. I have no problem with convergence projects because reporters are still acting as reporters, not sources.
2. I do not think my position contradicts the metaphor change of journalism as conversation to journalism as lecture. Conversations on television, in which reporters act as sources, take place between journalists for citizens to consume. The metaphor change indicates a entirely different kind of exchange with different interlocutors.
Posted by acline | February 8, 2005 | Posted in: Journalism |
