In a perceptive blog entry (read: one that agrees with me), Tim McGuire of Arizona State University looks at the media scene and asks "Why isn't anyone concerned?" That's the $64 question for me.
Sure the journalism industry and onlookers like academics are concerned, but few are focusing on the problems that abandoning traditional journalism poses for democracy. I believe wholeheartedly that an informed public is vital to our way of life, and despair of what will happen when the watchdogs are gone. McGuire suggests the marketplace will quickly fill the void. I agree, at least for areas like sports and entertainment. And we in Milwaukee are already seeing some significant reporting by some bloggers (but almost all of those originally were in traditional journalism).
The ride continues to be wild.
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