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December 06, 2006

newspapers and citizen journalism

WashPost had a great article on changes that newspapers, and others, are going through. The article details the well documented saga of consumer journalism and shrinking circulation.

The best part of the article though is the last lines:

On the other hand, none of the sources Myron dealt with in two assignments on consecutive days seemed to grasp that what he was reporting and writing about them would go to the News-Press Web site.

"They ask me, 'When's what you wrote about me going to be in the paper?' " Myron said. "I have no good answer."


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