I wrote up some thoughts about the things newsrooms need to do right now in order to survive the massive search engine and audience squeeze they're experiencing. TLDR: so much of it comes down to creating an open-minded culture of experimentation. #journalism#mediahttps://werd.io/2024/dispatches-from-the-media-apocalypse
Ten artykuł warto przeczytać niezależnie od tego, czy ma się coś wspólnego z dziennikarstwem, czy jest się jedynie odbiorcą.
Szczególnie bym go polecił osobom uważającym, że "zaoranie" kogoś oznacza dobre dziennikarstwo. Obawiam się tylko, że akurat te osoby tego tekstu nie przeczytają. A nawet jeśli, to i tak nie zrozumieją, czemu to nie jest dziennikarstwo, tylko szopka dla gawiedzi.
"Israel is retaliating against Hamas in Gaza — an enclave of 2.3 million people — over the Oct. 7 attack by Palestinian militants where more than 1,200 people were killed and over 150 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies."
("According to Israeli tallies" is new.)
Will it last?
"Enclave" is unhelpful though; it's a confinement zone.
Complaining & writing to politicians helps. That's the only reason this might be changing.
🆕 blog! “Forget Subtext - People Don't Even Get Surtext”
Once in a while, you'll see some blowhard railing about the modern world. I recently saw someone decrying the fact that Star Trek had "gone woke". This Star Trek? OK, you can argue about whether Kirk and Uhura were forced to kiss in that episode. But how does anyone look at Star Trek - with […]
OK, you can argue about whether Kirk and Uhura were forced to kiss in that episode. But how does anyone look at Star Trek - with its women on the command bridge, anti-colonial stance, and mixed-race crew - and not think it was a bastion of progressive causes? Star Trek is explicitly political. It isn't hidden in the subtext. You don't have to search for clues as to what the writers were trying to say.
Star Trek isn't complicated.
But some people only see the laser guns and exploding space ships. They're not looking at the text, they're barely even comprehending the narrative journey; they only see the flashing lights and gaudy costumes.
Kenny isn't wrong. But I am disturbed by the sheer number of people who don't have even a surface level of understanding of the media they're consuming. I know that lots of people don't get satire, but most TV isn't trying to bamboozle its audience.
I think there is a fundamental disconnect between people who consume and people who understand.