Is there a place for print and traditional media in the future of news gathering?
There’s absolutely a place for print, and for enterprise and investigative journalism as well. That’s always going to be hugely important. That’s part of the reason the HuffPo exists; a lot of time is spent linking to traditional journalism. They are crucial to the future of news. But I think that in some ways, traditional media has been overbuilt. What I think you’ll see a change in is journalists whose job it is to rewrite an AP story. There’s not a lot of value to recrafting an AP story. However, journalists that break a story, that add to the dialog and coverage of the story, are still going to be incredibly important. What might change? Well, for instance, having six TV trucks at a forest fire, shooting the exact same footage; that seems wasteful. If there is shrinkage in traditional media, I think that’s where you’ll see it.
