I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I care deeply about journalism, but we need to be a business.
Journalism is being pushed into a space where I don't think it should ever go, where it's trying to support the monetization model of the Web by driving page views. So what you have is a drop-off of long-form journalism, because long-form pieces are harder to monetize.
Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.
The web has introduced a competitive, and some might argue hostile, landscape for long, in-depth, resource-intensive journalism.
Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.
I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department.
I'm fortunate to make any money as a blogger.
When I finished grad school, I sort of fell into journalism. Someone mentioned that there was an entry-level job at the Reuters News Agency. I applied, and, to my amazement, I got the job.
I think newspapers shouldn't try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper.