Online pioneer Dave Winer discusses in his latest blog posting the void journalists leave and how it will be filled. He muses about the fear that what's being lost from newspaper journalism is lost permanently.

Not so, he asserts. The experts will fill the bucket, just as technology experts filled the bucket a decade ago when he shifted into online tech coverage. His prediction: "It will happen everywhere, in politics, education, the military, health, science, you name it. The sources will fill in where we used to need journalists."

And he has an interesting piece of advice for educators --- and not just journalism educators: Everyone needs to be taught about journalism, because in the time ahead everyone will be one.

 


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Dave Winer link
03/17/2009 20:43

Thanks for this piece, I just posted a pointer to Twitter. A lot of people seemed to understand this one, I've been writing basically the same thing for about 20 years. But I think we're finally getting there, where we're ready to turn the corner. Change brings fear, but I think the new world is going to be a lot better than the one we're leaving behind.

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Kirk LaPointe link
03/18/2009 19:04

Agreed. What we're experiencing is anxiety and it comes out sideways.
Answers aren't evident and many want certainty --- rather the same certainty that journalism purports to present. Might be some time before those anxieties diminish, but it's important to not let them own you.

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