Isn't Hilde's example exactly the opposite? That motivated individuals can do the basics as a hobby?
Two observations:
1. The barriers to entry have been dramatically lowered. i.e. Cost of distribution is slightly about $0.
2. For basic stories most people only care about the tldr: some drunk driver killed a man on ...; Or about aggregations of tldrs: i.e. 5 people we killed last week due to gun violence in ...
Regardless of the talents of Hilde or her more experienced competitors. When I'm only reading tldr, I really doubt I can tell a 9 year old, from a 90 year old, from some software.
Given the above: With enough motivated hobbyists, all we need is better software news summarizers/aggregators and you can have great aggregations at the local, regional, and global levels.
If your concern is the lack of substance, I would ask, what percentage of the time do you actually care? I'm willing to bet, its a small percentage of the time. I'd also be willing to bet that you only really care about substance for stories that hit the top of news aggregators (i.e. "viral" stories)!
Given that: It should be relatively easy for "real journalists" to pick and bring substance to this small number of stories deserving substance.
Actually, there could even be a BugBounty type exchange. How much do you care about this story? $10, $20? If we collectively reach $1000 a Bloomberg journalist will spend a day on it and so forth.
> "For basic stories most people only care about the tldr: some drunk driver killed a man on ..."
Without wishing to be offensive... perhaps that's a sign that stories like that aren't really newsworthy. Lots of things happen on any given day, including thousands of deaths, isn't the purpose of news outlets to select stories that have significance to their audience rather than going for stories where the main substance can be found in the title?
Isn't Hilde's example exactly the opposite? That motivated individuals can do the basics as a hobby?
Two observations:
1. The barriers to entry have been dramatically lowered. i.e. Cost of distribution is slightly about $0.
2. For basic stories most people only care about the tldr: some drunk driver killed a man on ...; Or about aggregations of tldrs: i.e. 5 people we killed last week due to gun violence in ...
Regardless of the talents of Hilde or her more experienced competitors. When I'm only reading tldr, I really doubt I can tell a 9 year old, from a 90 year old, from some software.
Given the above: With enough motivated hobbyists, all we need is better software news summarizers/aggregators and you can have great aggregations at the local, regional, and global levels.
If your concern is the lack of substance, I would ask, what percentage of the time do you actually care? I'm willing to bet, its a small percentage of the time. I'd also be willing to bet that you only really care about substance for stories that hit the top of news aggregators (i.e. "viral" stories)!
Given that: It should be relatively easy for "real journalists" to pick and bring substance to this small number of stories deserving substance.
Actually, there could even be a BugBounty type exchange. How much do you care about this story? $10, $20? If we collectively reach $1000 a Bloomberg journalist will spend a day on it and so forth.