Geraldine Doogue hosted forum of the Future of Mass Quality Journalism last week. Panelists included Eric Beecher, Publisher, Crikey and Business Spectator, Campbell Reid, Group Editorial Director, News Ltd., John Hewson, former Liberal Party leader, Professor Wendy Bacon, Head, Journalism, Information and Media Studies University of Technology and Alan Kohler, Publisher, Business Spectator and Eureka Report. An edited version of the panel discussion was broadcast on Radio National this morning.
Newsagents and others who derive income from newspapers would find the discussion most interesting -it is available at the ABC Radio National website.
While our channel was created to distribute and support newspapers, we will play little role in the future of quality journalism. While there is debate about the extent to which new technology and other disruptive factors will impact print media, we need to make business decisions based on the maximum impact, so we are prepared.
RELATED STORY: Check out the report of Russell Crowe’s new fiml, State of Play at the Telegraph website. The opoening paragraphrepresents the hope covered in the article:
Whither newspapers? With Russell Crowe as the champion of the downtrodden reporter, good endings seem possible for an industry often portrayed as morgue-bound. The new thriller, State of Play, in which Crowe stars, is so mesmeric that it may, in the optimist’s dream, do for the print media what Florence Nightingale did for nursing.