Comments on: Chi Journalism Town Hall Reveals Creative Tension b/w Old and New Media http://www.mediageek.net/2009/03/chi-journalism-town-hall-reveals-creative-tension-bw-old-and-new-media/ An unabashed fan of grassroots & indie media, criticially examining our media environment. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Radio Survivor / Radio, Apparently, Is Not Part of Chicago’s Media Future. But It Should Be. http://www.mediageek.net/2009/03/chi-journalism-town-hall-reveals-creative-tension-bw-old-and-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-196779 Radio Survivor / Radio, Apparently, Is Not Part of Chicago’s Media Future. But It Should Be. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:57:25 +0000 http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1849#comment-196779 [...] Town Hall revealed some tensions between the new and old media camps, with most of the bad feelings on the old media side. The somewhat less well attended Media Future [...] [...] Town Hall revealed some tensions between the new and old media camps, with most of the bad feelings on the old media side. The somewhat less well attended Media Future [...]

]]> By: Sachin Agarwal http://www.mediageek.net/2009/03/chi-journalism-town-hall-reveals-creative-tension-bw-old-and-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-172168 Sachin Agarwal Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:05:28 +0000 http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1849#comment-172168 Thank you, thank you, thank you for being the first person to get that I wasn't there to tell them how to fix newsrooms - I was there to make sure that people get that advertising has always been the backbone of the media industry. We've spent tens of thousands of dollars on online-only ads. So have political campaigns, local department stores, auto dealerships, and all those other stalwarts of yesterday's newspapers. These people need to make content that isn't just repurposed online (what I called "crap"); they need to make content that fits the new medium. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being the first person to get that I wasn’t there to tell them how to fix newsrooms – I was there to make sure that people get that advertising has always been the backbone of the media industry.

We’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars on online-only ads. So have political campaigns, local department stores, auto dealerships, and all those other stalwarts of yesterday’s newspapers. These people need to make content that isn’t just repurposed online (what I called “crap”); they need to make content that fits the new medium.

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