More on Deseret News ‘Innovations’
Deseret News
set to lead
and innovate
—Page One headline, Deseret News, Sept. 1, 2010
“Ken Doctor, a media consultant and author of Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get, said The [Deseret] News’ reorganization was a sign that the paper was following the lead of other media companies that are not just tinkering with their business models but eviscerating them. ‘The news business is now blowing itself up, claiming radical reinvention, acknowledging that experimentation around the edges won’t get the job done.’“Still, with such deep staff cuts and a combined print-broadcast newsroom, some local media experts in Utah said they wondered whether the paper’s coverage, considered among the best in Utah, would inevitably suffer.
“‘Whether a new converged news product will continue to provide the kind of aggressive news gathering that any city needs to maintain its vitality and keep its public servants honest remains to be seen,’ said Edward Pease, a professor at Utah State University’s journalism department.
—Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, Sept. 1, 2010 URL
DNews Aggie Body Count: Word from the decimated Deseret News newsroom from USU alum Mark Reece is that amoung the 85 lay-offs announced this week, five Aggies lost their jobs; five others (including Mark) survive...for now: “Hi, Ted: Thanks for the support through this. From a quick count, Aggies took hits but some survived. Those who still have jobs are Aaron Morton, sports; Jeff Allred from photo; Joe Dougherty, city desk; Molly Farmer, city desk. Those that didn’t: Jared Eborn, sports; August Miller, photo; Jeff Vice, features; Aaron Falk, city desk; Kim Murphy, wire/copy desk.”
Editor’s Note: What’s black and write and dead all over?
Today’s Wish-I-Were-Here Photo: Halibuthead
One of the saddest of the many gloomy aspects of this is that the list includes at least one copy editor. Lack of editing is increasingly clear in nearly everything that I see from the local daily for which I toil part-time to the NY Times. Since I work at home, I run my stuff past my wife before emailing it to the paper, and even though I've read it at last twice before giving it to her, she almost always spots a few typos and/or awkward constructions. Bottom line: no one can read his or her copy as well as someone else.
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Joseph Benham
We are now in the age of the citizen journalist. It hit Denver with the loss of the Rocky. Yeach!
ReplyDeleteEmily Dangel
I have no problem with citizen journalism, as long there also are trained journalists, editors and copy editors involved. Where's the credibility is Today's Top Stories from Your Neighbor Betty? We used to call that "gossip."
ReplyDeleteSo, the Deseret News is becoming an arm of the church? I stopped subscribing to the Sacramento (CA) Union years ago when it became an arm of the right to life set. Anti-abortion articles, instead of hard news, were featured on the front page in almost every issue. When any newspaper, which should be neutral in news reporting and opinionated on the op-ed page, ( know, I'm an idealistic dreamer), becomes a one-topic journal, it is doomed to a small readership. The Union was always a conservtive-bent paper, but it went way overboard and finally ended publication completely, leaving Sacramento with the liberal Bee. It may be a cliche, but it really bit off its nose to spite its face.
ReplyDelete--Christine
I'm so sick of people losing their jobs and to hear that Deseret News is cutting more people is sad and ridiculous. Much of the media that we here is gossip or just plain crap that does nothing for our lives. Now editors, photographers, and journalists who presented meaningful stories are losing their jobs because the paper is doing new innovations is crap. Keep the editors, photographers and journalists and throw away the garbage news!! -Romina Nedakovic
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