Post by bob quarteroni on Aug 9, 2013 11:18:05 GMT -5
I was most impressed by the way people get their news and how it has changed. The drop in print and the rise of the net is seen in stark terms in a chart accompanying this story.
As someone who started out in newspapers when we had to 'count' headlines to make sure they fit, spool endless roles of yellow ticker tape and write heds and cutlines on half sheets of copy paper, this seems unbelievable: how in one lifetime, things can change so dramatically.
Amid Criticism, Support for Media’s ‘Watchdog’ Role Stands Out -- pewrsr.ch/15RtFjU
As someone who started out in newspapers when we had to 'count' headlines to make sure they fit, spool endless roles of yellow ticker tape and write heds and cutlines on half sheets of copy paper, this seems unbelievable: how in one lifetime, things can change so dramatically.
Amid Criticism, Support for Media’s ‘Watchdog’ Role Stands Out -- pewrsr.ch/15RtFjU