Clay Shirky describes the changing news landscape that has put accountability journalism at risk, and outlines a "journalistic ecosystem" that is needed to preserve essential watchdog role of the press.
This talk was sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School.
Find links to the summary and transcript of this talk at:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/news_events/archive/2009/shirky_09-22-09....
Video by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Lovin' Mr Dunkin' Donuts in the background....
grahambigvan 6 months ago
So newspapers are too big to fail and we need to break up what they do across multiple smaller organizations. Sharp stuff as usual from Prof Shirky.
thescowlingschnauzer 1 year ago
Shirky: Always brilliant!
BrianLehrerLive 1 year ago
excellent work!
1888junkteam 2 years ago
Great stuff.
AbenghornMedia 2 years ago
I think newspapers are dead because they're born that way. Everything around us is coming to life because we're more trusting of living things.
ananiasacts 2 years ago 2