clay shirky

Process Journalism

June 20, 2009 · 2 comments

With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms. – Hunter S. Thompson A lot of us are worried about the decline of the independent press. Amidst declining ad revenues, it seems [...]

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So it seems that Washington Governor, Chris Gregoire, has approved a 40% tax cut for that state’s newspapers to help them survive. This is coming from a state where one paper recently ran its last print edition and is now an online-only publication with a much small staff. But I can’t help but to think [...]

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