“Why, then, a degree in arts journalism at this particular time? There are several reasons. As long as there are artists, there will be people with a deep and serious interest in explaining, to themselves and to others, the creative manifestations of their time. Indeed, the blogosphere now permits a multiplicity of reactions to any given event, many more than were possible in the fattest years of daily newspapers.”
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The End Of The Weekly News Magazine?
“In the digital age, with its overabundance of information, the modern newsweekly is in a particularly poignant position. Designed nearly a century ago to be all things to all people, it Chaplin-esquely tries to straddle thousands of rapidly fragmenting micro-niches, a mainframe in an iTouch world.”
The Future Of Books?
“Every other form of media that’s gone digital has been transformed by its audience. Whenever a newspaper story or TV clip or blog post or white paper goes online, readers and viewers begin commenting about it on blogs, snipping their favorite sections, passing them along. The only reason the same thing doesn’t happen to books is that they’re locked into ink on paper. Release them, and you release the crowd.”