tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157399324614446746.post2198084811827801557..comments2023-11-24T00:38:52.974-08:00Comments on From Mass to Networked: How do you get your news?Damienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13843748213754577727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157399324614446746.post-76087142910262781662011-01-27T20:38:01.909-08:002011-01-27T20:38:01.909-08:00Your conclusion spoke to me: "The way we get ...Your conclusion spoke to me: "The way we get our daily news today is much faster than anyone would want to get it. But it’s also beneficial for those who would want to make decisions based on what is going on around them."<br /><br />As a journalist, my immediate reaction was, "no, it's not faster than anyone would want." Many news and info sources provide info nearly immediately to audiences who want and need it that fast, if not faster (as you point out ... it's beneficial for people who need it to make decisions. People who tweet about an accident in Lincoln aren't helping out anyone who's seeing it two hours later but could've gotten home earlier had they known before they got in their cars).<br /><br />Then, I realized, the speed of news and information is actually more complicated and more difficult for news organizations to provide than that. People want and need news and information exactly when they want it -- all the time. And it's been a huge adjustment for the industry, which spent many, many years setting the news schedule themselves and expecting consumers / audiences to adjust to their timetables.<br /><br />Now when our audiences want news, we still are expected to anticipate and be ready to cover whatever that important news is -- whether it's a car accident or other breaking news event, or a national story, or a sporting event, or an in-depth analysis piece. Then we're expected to provide at least some information immediately for those getting it over their networks. Then we have to continue to report, write, edit and design it for our print readers, who are willing to wait to get their news product. But they expect more -- more analysis, maybe more pictures or layers to a story. And they certainly are less forgiving of incomplete information or typographical errors than readers of "breaking news" on websites tend to be.<br /><br />And I agree with Chad: Networks have created a whole new giant dissemination method, and it's taken a long time for a lot of news sources to figure it out, catch up to it and figure out how best to use that to their advantage.Kathy Steinauer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264444770975170314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157399324614446746.post-77350310915223113942011-01-25T13:36:54.796-08:002011-01-25T13:36:54.796-08:00You are correct about the way that most people get...You are correct about the way that most people get their news. The majority of people hear about news through their network, not from news sources.chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06001145259150222030noreply@blogger.com