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.
The NYU professor and scholar talks about his intellectual influences, how he thinks the press did in 2012, and how much of an audience there’ll be for civic-minded journalism. Joshua Benton
Plus the week’s required reading: a CJR takeout on Journal Register, Marshall McLuhan mania, Rosen and Carr debate, and Paul Ford on Facebook and narrative.
Mark Coddington
The McLuhan manner was to appear anywhere he found interesting, which is to say all over the place, and that willingness was as influential as his ideas.
Benton, Joshua. "Lab Book Club: Journalists as goods." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 3 Mar. 2009. Web. 21 Nov. 2024.
APA
Benton, J. (2009, Mar. 3). Lab Book Club: Journalists as goods. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2009/03/lab-book-club-journalists-as-goods/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Lab Book Club: Journalists as goods." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 3, 2009. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2009/03/lab-book-club-journalists-as-goods/.
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