Comments on: Journalism in an age of innovation http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2007/10/18/journalism-in-an-age-of-innovation/ Our editors & readers talk Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Richard Danbury http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2007/10/18/journalism-in-an-age-of-innovation/#comment-332148 Richard Danbury Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:12:20 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2007/10/18/journalism-in-an-age-of-innovation/#comment-332148 It was a good speech. I hope it you thought it was "friendly" intense. And you're right that technology isn't merely a way of making people redundant. Sure it can be, and can be a force for efficiency, clearing out those dusty old handlooms and replacing them with a magnificent steam powered machine. But the temptation is to think that efficiency is necessarily better, when it isn't. You can get a McDonalds burger in 5 minutes, but you have to wait for a roast chicken. Will the market guarantee quality? Not necessarily in our field. It was a good speech. I hope it you thought it was “friendly” intense.

And you’re right that technology isn’t merely a way of making people redundant. Sure it can be, and can be a force for efficiency, clearing out those dusty old handlooms and replacing them with a magnificent steam powered machine. But the temptation is to think that efficiency is necessarily better, when it isn’t. You can get a McDonalds burger in 5 minutes, but you have to wait for a roast chicken.

Will the market guarantee quality? Not necessarily in our field.

]]> By: John Kelly http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2007/10/18/journalism-in-an-age-of-innovation/#comment-332146 John Kelly Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:01:46 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2007/10/18/journalism-in-an-age-of-innovation/#comment-332146 David: I enjoyed your presentation Wednesday. Apparently, the Chinese DON'T say, "May you live in interesting times" (at least according to Wikipedia), but I think the sentiment applies now. It will be, uh, interesting to see how this all shakes out. Here's my recent take on one sliver of the issue: http://voxford.blogspot.com/2007/10/future-of-newspapers.html David: I enjoyed your presentation Wednesday. Apparently, the Chinese DON’T say, “May you live in interesting times” (at least according to Wikipedia), but I think the sentiment applies now. It will be, uh, interesting to see how this all shakes out. Here’s my recent take on one sliver of the issue:
http://voxford.blogspot.com/2007/10/futu re-of-newspapers.html

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