Right! Think about all the community info needs that were monetized - biz ads, classifieds, obits, TV times, job ads, etc. All became easy to get and free online. So the troubling question: all that was left was news, and the audience left, so what does that say?https://twitter.com/ctxlken/status/1089656208770904066 …
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Troubling answers: public appetite for hard news is overstated, and the collapse of the monopoly exposed unseen fissures newsrooms had with ideologues and marginalized communities.
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Modern newsrooms are better at this than predecessors, more aware. Newsrooms are learning. But they’re trying to rebuild their audience at the same time.
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Not all newsrooms are learning of course. It’s a genuine challenge for the industry because our fates are tied together.
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Narrative artistry remains a powerful means of attracting and retaining an audience. But it can affect only those who have the leisure to enjoy it. And it's expensive -- partly because it's rare, and partly because the audience to which it appeals is valuable (i.e., wealthy.)
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