New News: The Fear Factor

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jeff Jarvis: New News: The Fear Factor, BuzzMachine December 21, 2005

Funny: "The first job is to instill fear in the newsroom. Oh, there's fear there now. But it is fear of the unknown. What we need is fear of the known." And the author continues on to list a few good reasons for fear, adding, "the first thing I think a newspaper should do is report about the future of news. Assign your best reporters and editors - the Bejesus Task Force - to get all the prognostications." Good advice, not just for journalists, but for everyone in the content business. More...