tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591068090340217286.post3910713154458871443..comments2023-09-24T12:14:26.087+00:00Comments on On Science and the Media: Nick Davies' Flat Earth News and 'churnalism' - myth or reality?Fiona Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14632797364010710665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591068090340217286.post-19936032628797613722008-05-22T11:08:00.000+00:002008-05-22T11:08:00.000+00:00Fiona,Great article and I have blogged it at www....Fiona,<BR/>Great article and I have blogged it at www.charliebeckett.org<BR/>I think Nick is right that mainstream commercial journalists are working more 'efficiently' than ever before, although I disagree profoundly with his overall analysis.<BR/>I think there is more good journalism out there than ever before. <BR/>And with the daily tsunami of data produced we will continue to need editors and guides.<BR/>This is especially true in a specialist area like science.<BR/>But the news monopoly has been broken and now journalists have to share power and the production process with the public. That means being networked to citizens, interest groups, experts and even PR with all the tools that new media technology offers.<BR/>Nick harks back to a previous age when journalists had total control. As I argue in my new book "SuperMedia" I don't think that was a golden age for science or any other kind of news. The real challenge is to exploit the opportunities of the future not to preserve the past,<BR/>cheers<BR/>Charlie Beckett, (Polis/LSE)Charlie Becketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509411548717912635noreply@blogger.com