Hi! Stumbled upon your web site after looking at several journalism-related web sites. Finally, someone else talking about what news organizations should be doing if they want to survive and regain the public’s respect – focusing more on context and analysis instead of headlines and who broke the story first.

Like so many before me, I will always have respect for journalism, but I had to leave the newspaper business. I am now studying to become a librarian, and for someone like me who loves research and analysis, it’s a perfect fit. I would highly recommends this field as a second career option for an out-of-work journalist.

You can read my recent life story at the web site provided.

Good luck with your project, Matt…i am pulling for you!

Thank you for dedicating so much time and energy to Newsless. This is a critical topic and your blog is the most thorough consideration of what we are facing, as journalists and photojournalists, that I have seen.

For the past year I have been trying to drive interest in these topics via a number of channels – my own blog, Lightstalkers.org, A Photo Editor (responses to posts), Black Star’s blog, and many comments on many web sites. I have spoken to other journalists, photojournalists, and book publishers who, almost without exception, all agree that driving viewers/readers to news that matters is becoming a growing challenge, and there is no clear answer to this problem. More of us are seeking corporate sponsorship for our projects, to pay for production and distribution of the stories that we think need to be told. But this is not a viable, long-term alternative.

Anyway, thanks again for your work – I look forward to tracking the discussion as it continues.

Regards

Mike