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December 09, 2008 The Future of Journalism (And How to Start It) By Mike McCurry On November 5, people across the country lined up at newsstands, convenience stores, and coffee shops to snag a copy of the morning paper, a keepsake from the 2008 election. But they didn't need the paper to tell ...
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The Future of Journalism (And How to Start It)
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The Future of Journalism (And How to Start It) On November 5, people across the country lined up at newsstands, convenience stores, and coffee shops to snag a copy of the morning paper, a keepsake from the 2008 election. But they didn’t need the paper to tell them who had won the presidency; the news of Barack Obama’s historic win had already been gathered, broadcast, beamed, and packet-switched around the globe countless times. In fact, almost every word in almost every paper had already been available for free online for hours. “You can’t put a computer screen into a ...
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