Newsonomics: Chapter 11

One thing I really liked about this chapter is what Ken Doctor said about having to blend the old with the new. At the bottom of page 187 he said, "Among all these new, flexible, multimedia, forward-reaching skills, the bedrock journalistic skills must form the foundation. Reporting. Interviewing. Editing. Writing. These basic tools remain important, even though the way they're done...is morphing." I think that this is very important to remember as things change in the journalism industry. Although everything is moving to digital, journalists still need to maintain quality. Writing will always be the base  of journalism and no matter how digital your site may be, it won't be worth anything if the writing is bad. We actually just talked about this in my digital reporting class the other day. Students were complaining that all we've done in class so far is text posts and they were upset that we haven't done any photo or video yet. My professor explained that we have to perfect our ability to write short and quick for the Internet first though, because that is what's most important. Then from there we can move on to the more digital aspects. I think that no matter how far ahead we move in the digital age, the actual writing will be what's most important, and I hope that journalists will remember that.