Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Reporting still our life's blood

"I don't have to tell you that revolutions are seldom easy or pleasant for anyone directly involved, and the noises you hear from newsrooms and often their boardrooms nearby are screams of real panic," said PBS' "NewsHour" host Jim Lehrer. "Newspaper circulation and profits are down; so are the ratings of the nightly news program. Sound the alarms! Cable news and the Internet bloggers and the satellite and other radio talk shouters and the late night comedians are teaming up with Yahoos and Googles, iPods, mp3 players and other strange things."

Read full article from "Lehrer: Basic reporting still vital in journalism" here.

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