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A small victory for print journalism

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by sweetbreads bailey, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Unless he thinks he should get in the paper because it's hard work to cheer for a team.
     
  2. BB Bobcat

    BB Bobcat Active Member

    Well, anyone can post a picture on the internet, but how many people can put a picture in thousands of newspapers?

    I think there is still a bit of added legitimacy to a story or photo that is printed in a newspaper, because of the proliferation of web stuff that everyone and his brother puts up on myspace or facebook or myblog or whatever.
     
  3. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    So kids haven't yet started to pretend to read their laptop screens when the other team is going through pregame introductions?
     
  4. Pete Incaviglia

    Pete Incaviglia Active Member

    I've said it before, how often does mom or dad print something off the net and stick it to the fridge? Or how often does a high school print an article off the net and stick it to a bulletin board? Not often.

    But they always clip newspaper articles and pictures.
     
  5. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    No, I think that's very valid.
     
  6. captzulu

    captzulu Member

    I think there is truth to the idea that something in a paper has more legitimacy than online. I think from a reader's standpoint, that comes more from the fact that readers have the power to post a photo on a web page on their own, but they don't have control over what goes into the paper. The fact that someone else decides that your photo is fit for inclusion in the paper is like an endorsement, a reaffirmation of what you're doing. Of course, if we are counting on that to save print, it'll be a losing battle. Perceptions of what's "legitimate" evolves, and if print isn't around or is no longer prevalent, people would find some other way to make scrapbooks and fridge decors. If they weren't willing to pay for a print edition, the possibility of seeing their photo in the paper once upon a blue moon won't change that.
     
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