As much as I appreciate and respect the old ways this is a great change imho
Think about how many ticks and habits journalism clings to that don't serve the readers.https://twitter.com/bydanielvictor/status/853947675305283584 …
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Some of those are pretty fabulous, imo.
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There are a million, you're right. But dateline info is actually pretty good stuff for readers to know: this is where, and I was there.
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And they'll still get that information. No one is taking it from then, they're just presenting it in a less arcane way.
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I kinda liked knowing whether an article about Korea was being reported from Korea vs. New York. But I'm an old-fashioned kinda guy.
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and you'll still know that. It'll just say "Viktor Laslo in Seoul" at the top.
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I'm with you, but remember *lots* of newspaper readers don't like change and will light up the newsroom phone anytime anything's different.
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That's probably not the case today but at least part of the reason why reluctance to change is so deeply embedded in newsrooms.
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Jeez even I misinterpreted those
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