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Mike Oreskes, executive editor of the International Herald Tribune, was the keynote speaker on day two of the Online News Association conference in Toronto.
The main thrust of his talk: quality journalism is good for society, it creates a democratic society and that builds wealth.
Some highlights:
This clip from the Q&A after his talk provides a flavour of the morning:
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November 15th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
The business model is not being undermined, it is being exposed and valued more directly.
The classifieds was a business and the publishers used it to subsidise journalism.
Now this is being valued appropriately.
Journalism has many woes. Having just spent three years working at a major metro daily broadsheet, I am very comfortable asserting that editors ad journalists are guilty of two things which contributes to the lack of value given to journalists by consumers.
1. The papers write what they find interesting. Australia had three pages of the US election each day for two months prior. Australians were not that interested but the journalists were.
2. Bias. There is too much bias in stories. There aer opinion sections which is where bias is supposed to exist. However it permeates supposedly independent stories of fact.
Journalists are no different to trade unions or executives. They get power and they abuse it.
Being exposed to the market will take a lot of this power away and this will be a great thing. Maybe we will get some news.