That's precisely why I don't want NY Times or WSJ or Washington Post to "die" and why I have never believed in "citizen's journalism" and "user generated content".
Because citizens and users aren't producers nor journalists, they're just bored programmers dying for a drop of publicity.
> That's precicely ... why I have never believed in "citizen's journalism" and "user generated content".
Ah yes, only people with formal training have good ideas. Everyone else should step aside and make way for The Real Authors.
> Because citizens and users aren't producers nor journalists, they're just bored programmers dying for a drop of publicity.
Some people enjoy writing. Not every person who goes fishing on the weekends needs to be a commercial fisherman. Similarly, not everyone that writes need be a professional author.
Who are you replying to? Certainly not to me. My words you've picked for quotation do not correlate to your responses at all.
I didn't say people with ideas shouldn't be writing and having blogs. I simply said they aren't journalists and they can't replace a group of professionals, i.e. folks who're doing it full time and have certain resources unavailable to a guy with a laptop.
Moreover, I didn't say a word about "formal training". BTW not all professional journalists have a formal training.
Don't try read between the lines and don't argue with imaginary opponent please. Besides, how exactly do you picture the world without "traditional" media? Links to what you're going to be posting to HN or reddit or digg then?
Because citizens and users aren't producers nor journalists, they're just bored programmers dying for a drop of publicity.