More - Tom Rosenstiel Quotes

In five years, we may think that whatever tweaking was done to the nightly newscasts in 2006 was less important than what each network did to create an online newscast — something accessible at different times during the day or at least after a certain time during the day, and something that gets updated.

Tom Rosenstiel

 

In five years, we may think that whatever tweaking was done to the nightly newscasts in 2006 was less important than what each network did to create an online newscast - something accessible at different times during the day or at least after a certain time during the day, and something that gets updated.

Tom Rosenstiel

 

At a time when newspapers need to make a major long-term transition into the new kind of online journalism, companies are driving off the old-school editors. They burn out because they spend all their time on budgets, not journalism.

Tom Rosenstiel

 Journalism

[Research suggests these kids are only running with the curve. A June survey by the Pew Research Center found that while most respondents look favorably upon their local media, their perception of the press in general is more negative than ever.] The public is not rejecting the principles underlying traditional journalism, ... Rather it suspects journalists are not living up to those principles.

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 Kids

What he's saying may be good press criticism but I'm not sure it's good law.

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 Criticism

Journalists are trying to make the distinction between leaks that are political and leaks that are whistle-blowing.

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 Trying

There are elements to the story that, if handled well, can help improve the way the public perceives the press. The other thing is that the press is doing a bunch of things that are new. They are reading e-mails, saying, 'I am looking for my nephew ... so-and-so, if you can hear me, please call.' That's community journalism on a national scale and I think that will go a long way to demonstrate that the press is doing more than just thrill seeking.

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each one synthesizing and adding to what others are learning. If only one or two news organizations do it, it won't have the same effect.

Tom Rosenstiel

 Learning

[The question is] how many news organizations have the investigative muscle to handle a story this complex, and how many can afford to lose a team for the time it will take to do that, especially in TV, ... I fear the list of news organizations that can do that today is not very long. And sadly, it gets shorter if ad sales go down and other news pushes Katrina off our radar screens.

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 News

had the respect of the hard-boiled editors and investigative reporters, but he managed to thrive and triumph in the more corporate environment of today.

Tom Rosenstiel