Can online journalism pay its way?

admin on 26 April 2005 , 12:00 am | 0 views

The Economist follows up on Rupert Murdoch’s riff on the need for news to get with the online revolution with the most apposite question: but will it pay to get into the online conversation?

Two Nations

Ever thought of making a podcast Mick?

You could chair a debate (clash) of say the Brewster, Davros, Pat, Beano or any of the other regulars. Unionism vs nationalism or unionism vs unionism or even an election special.
spirit-level

Two Nations
I’d like to be on hand to offer medical advice 🙂
Mick

Well I’m going to try capturing tomorrow’s debate on video. How would that transfer across to podcast? Advise by email?
spirit-level

The bit I picked up on in the article was: bloggers “thrive on debunking, contradicting or analysing stories that originate in the old media.” …. true, but is that a limitation, in the sense that bloggers can only go on what’s being reported
He added:”there is nothing to suggest that bloggers cannot also do original reporting.”
I don’t really see how this can work from the privacy of one’s own PC/Mac.
Are we not still going to need people “out there” in the field as it were?