Jay Rosen argues that news evolved to tell people about important events that happened in places they weren’t. But time can create distance as powerfully as space can.
Benton, Joshua. "Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 23 Sep. 2009. Web. 29 Mar. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2009, Sep. 23). Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 29, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/clay-shirky-let-a-thousand-flowers-bloom-to-replace-newspapers-dont-build-a-paywall-around-a-public-good/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 23, 2009. Accessed March 29, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/clay-shirky-let-a-thousand-flowers-bloom-to-replace-newspapers-dont-build-a-paywall-around-a-public-good/.
Wikipedia
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