I work at a newspaper. It was just announced that our presses are shutting down and our daily print edition will be printed on the presses of our mortal enemy that is no longer our mortal enemy (expect that to be a trend).
Newspapers are feeling inadequate compared to the Internet at large so they're starting to churn out more and more "this just happened" news. Unfortunately, "this just happened" news is an easy-to-find commodity, so the strategy is doomed, IMHO.
I think newspapers should cancel their AP subscriptions and change their print editions almost entirely to what they call 'enterprise journalism' (answering the why's), and their online editions to local in-depth analysis. I'm not sure I would bother with breaking news at all, to be frank. There are too many other channels for that.
In short, I would leave the "this just happened" alone and focus on being the local Economist (which I've been saying before I ever read timtrueman's comment, which I completely agree with).
Newspapers are feeling inadequate compared to the Internet at large so they're starting to churn out more and more "this just happened" news. Unfortunately, "this just happened" news is an easy-to-find commodity, so the strategy is doomed, IMHO.
I think newspapers should cancel their AP subscriptions and change their print editions almost entirely to what they call 'enterprise journalism' (answering the why's), and their online editions to local in-depth analysis. I'm not sure I would bother with breaking news at all, to be frank. There are too many other channels for that.
In short, I would leave the "this just happened" alone and focus on being the local Economist (which I've been saying before I ever read timtrueman's comment, which I completely agree with).