Comments on: Short And Sweet: A New Generation Of News

By: ckanal

ckanal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:51:25 +0000

ok, send me an email. contact info at the top.

By: ckanal

ckanal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:51:25 +0000

ok, send me an email. contact info at the top.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:11 +0000

Do you REALLY want me to name names and embarrass people in public? I would e-mail you but you might not respond.

By: ckanal

ckanal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:32:14 +0000

But who does that? I'm very confused.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:27:47 +0000

The problem isn't the problem. The problem is the attitude of people who don't know AP Style and yet think they should win a Pulitzer because they can text an update on a BlackBerry.

By: ckanal

ckanal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:26:43 +0000

I'm not sure who you're talking about, I don't know these people personally. But thanks for the comment.

By: ckanal

ckanal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:23:56 +0000

I don't look at that way at all. Without traditional media, new media fails. They feed off each other. Maybe one day that won't be true, but in today's world it is.

Twitter is just a new form of communication, and IMO it's pretty effective in terms of applications.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:19:11 +0000

The difference now is that people THINK Twitter is some brand spanking new thing and look at it as the end-all-be-all and don't give traditional media the respect it deserves.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:18:20 +0000

YOU might not have anything against traditional journalism. But I am getting sicker and sicker of people who think social media is the end-all-be-all and who LAUGH at people for taking jobs at newspapers.

I'm upset with self-declared "expert bloggers" and "social media gurus" looking down their noses at people who have been through the ringer, paid their dues, and who have more journalistic integrity on their worst day than many of these people will EVER develop, and who deserve more respect than any of these people will ever earn.

I would take a Jim Castor over some random kid with a blog and Twitter account any day of the week.

By: ckanal

ckanal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:44 +0000

I agree with you. No arguments here. And this is nothing new. This has been recycled many times. Web writing has prompted short writing for years. With Twitter, it's gotten a lot shorter.