tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post8346292542867300630..comments2023-12-31T06:41:45.412-08:00Comments on Gary Robert Scott: The children are the futureGary Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05164233287474327699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-63107857213355948812009-02-10T10:27:00.000-08:002009-02-10T10:27:00.000-08:00All I know is people in their 20s and 30s who show...All I know is people in their 20s and 30s who show some talent are leaving newsrooms -- running, out of self-respect, for their lives.<BR/><BR/>For all the faults of traditional newspapers, many of the newsrooms in which they're produced are decent training grounds for future, better journalism. There is definitely something to be said for lessons learned as young reporters gain experience. I would also argue that learning the ethics of a traditional newsroom -- along with the push for objectivity, even if it's a myth -- are truly elemental to good reporting. (None of this is to say that smaller papers don't fail at these missions with frequency.)<BR/><BR/>Younger reporters are being pushed out -- laid off, scared off. If those lower-level newsrooms are cut into nothingness or shut down all together, who will be left to perform whatever the "future of journalism" is? <BR/><BR/>In 15 or 20 years, will the New York Times -- in whatever form it exists -- be hiring bloggers with no newsroom experience who have never learned to be extremely careful with their sourcing, their quotes, their facts?<BR/><BR/>That's a scary thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com