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I occasionally meet with foreign journalists through a program with the World Affairs Council, and near the end of a recent meeting, German TV and radio journalist Richard Gutjahr interviewed me on camera for a minutes on the craft of blogging. You can watch the results above.
Gutjahr interviewed activists, bloggers and legacy journalists at the New York Times, Washington Post, Seattle P-I, Des Moines Register and elsewhere, producing a series of brief videos on The Future of Newspapers , Better Blogging and Understanding New Media . In addition to me, other Seattleites interviewed include Jonathan Lawson of Reclaim the Media, Robert Jeffrey of Colors NW, SoundPolitic’s Jim Miller and the Seattle P-I’s Mark Trahant, who, right around the time of the paper’s final print edition, gives this spot on answer to the question of what he would have done differently:
“I would experiment like crazy. My frustration being in legacy media the last two years is that we didn’t fail enough. We kept trying to do things the way we’d always done them, and we should have been out there on the edge, just, what’s the wildest thing we can think of and try it, and we didn’t do a lot of that. I think if I had to do it all over again I’d argue more for total experimentation, because if you’re going to go down, at least go down and make it interesting.”
Hear that Ryan Blethen? Wouldn’t it be “wild” to put me on your editorial board? I mean, if you’re going to go down….
It’s an interesting series of interviews, and worth a look.
I think what Trahant is talking about is the business model and delivery mechanism, not journalism itself, Goldy. I mean, the basic elements of news reporting were established eons ago, haven’t changed much over the years until Goebeels and Fox came along and, each in their own way, tried to legitimize propaganda, and what needs fixing at the Seattle Times even more than its colorless and out of touch editorial page is its bottom line. The good news is you now have a net worth equal to Frank Blethen’s. The bad news is Frank’s a pauper.
Republicans Plot To Crash Planes Into Buildings
You think that’s far-fetched, eh? Bear with me while I explain. Let’s start with this news article from CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories.....ME_5074716
In essence, it says low pay and long hours are forcing airlines to hire “substandard” pilots — people with as little as 300 hours of flying experience are being put in cockpits. The article quotes no less an authority than Jeff Skiles, co-pilot of the plane that successfully ditched in the Hudson River:
“In the past it’s been a very attractive career for people to join, and the airlines, even the regional airlines, have been able to select from a very qualified applicant pool. That’s not happening any more, and we’re having to hire down to the FAA minimums, which most pilots have always considered to be very substandard.”
” … Skiles also testified that … the economic turmoil facing the airline industry over the last several years has hit pilots hard. His salary has been reduced in half, and he’s lost his pension. ‘Many pilots … have had to split their focus from the airline piloting profession and develop alternative businesses or careers,’ Skiles said. ‘I myself am a general contractor. For the last 6 years, I have worked 7 days a week between my two jobs just to maintain a middle class standard of living.’ The result, Skiles testified, is that experienced pilots are leaving the industry … and … being replaced with inexperienced pilots.”
In summary, the economic policies of the Cheap Labor Conservatives who ran America’s economy for 30 years have forced experienced pilots to go pound nails for a living, while guys who used to pound nails now fly planes for a living for about the same money they made pounding nails.
So how does this prove Republicans want to crash planes into buildings? Well, do you remember Republican candidate Mark Griswold’s platform?
“Congratulations Speaker Pelosi, now let the bombs fall where they may. My prediction: terror attack on domestic soil passenger aircraft within the next six months. Casualties in the 2-300 range. And, unfortunately, maybe that’s just what we need. It’s obvious people don’t remember what happened 5 years ago. Posted by FullContactPolitics at November 8, 2006 10:52 AM”
http://blog.usefulwork.com/cgi.....ry_id=7430
That’s right, Republicans like Griswold believe they have a better chance of getting elected if planes crash into buildings! And what better way to accomplish that without getting prosecuted than putting unqualified pilots behind the joystick?
The CBS article is irrefutable proof of what we liberals have been warning all along:
Republicans are terrorists, and the GOP is the next Al Qaeda.
I had to look at the one with Jim Miller.
Ecch.. “Try not to take yourself seriously?” from Mr. “Gang of Four”?
“Laugh at yourself”?
Indeed, what a joke!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5-5BaoNwQ
Just compare Goldy with IM Anonymous, the current writer(s) of Times “editorials.”
“with one of the most influential bloggers in the U.S.”
Hey, those free online translators are waaaay cool!! I can do this, too:
Wenn Sie Menschen verschwunden sind, Kaninchen wird dieser Ort, und ich werde ihr König!
yuck eawwwww yuck
Goldy–
Your hairline is really receding.
Consider a transplant.
What do you call lice on a bald man`s head?
Homeless.
“The good news is you now have a net worth equal to Frank Blethen’s. The bad news is Frank’s a pauper.”
That’s pretty good – and probably a bit closer to the truth than Frank would like to admit.
I was taught by my mother to give a compliment before a criticism….so Goldy, God was good to you, gave you a handsome face and room for another one on the top of your noggin.
David, on the times ed board? Estimated life seven days, if hired on a monday afternoon. Sadly, the following monday you would be forced to resign when the weeks opinions were handed out by Ryan Blethen and you failed to toe the line.
Or you could write a great editorial on puppies and last two weeks. In any event, the red thumb print on your big forhead would last for months.
Did Richard Gutjahr do a version with German subtitles for his readers back home who are not as proficient with English?
@7 Incredible! Cynical posted something that’s almost funny. Almost.
did they tell you that the german pm was critical of the fed the other day?
ABOLISH THE FEDERAL RESERVE
@11 Über was sprechen Sie?
@13 Ich habe ein besser Begriff. Bestand uns abschaffen Sie.
Did JFK really say “I am a jelly sandwich!” or is that an urban legend?
Goldy’s gone global.
God help us all.
“…the basic elements of news reporting were established eons ago, haven’t changed much over the years until Goebeels and Fox came along and, each in their own way, tried to legitimize propaganda, …”
Jeeez, what do you call the crap written here everyday? The “Truth from the Burning Bush?”