Inaugural Post

Hello Journalism 239 readers, welcome to my blog about journalism principles. In another class--well, it seems like ALL of my classes--I am studying mass digital communication more generally, so this blog is where I'll record my thoughts and questions about how those things relate to the journalism industry specifically. Also, I'll respond to New York Times articles here.

So the Daily Universe is going to be a weekly print publication and move the rest of their operations online. Obviously they should consider renaming the paper (at least the print edition) since it's only a daily publication online and on weekdays. I understand that BYU let a couple faculty members go as a part of the change-up. I'm sorry to hear of the loss of their jobs, that's a tough thing to go through. The move reminds me of an article in The Atlantic that included and estimate that an online-only version of the NYT woul only generate enough revenue to support 20 percent of their current staff. Journalism needs to get leaner and meaner in our world of converging media, but like the author of that article, I believe there will be survivors in the industry and that they will be the masterful writers with a specialization and that they (and their publications) will be adept collaborators.