Comments on: Tribune, Ledger (And Everybody Else) Agonistes: The De-professionalization of News http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/ Lakeland Florida News and Information Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:21:57 -0500 hourly 1 By: Crystal Lauderdale http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Crystal Lauderdale Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:00:14 +0000 http://www.lakelandlocal.com/?p=2023#comment-602 Billy! Your assessment is really interesting. Thanks for posting this. Also, I like your use of the word "kerfuffle". We should lunch! Cheers, C Billy!

Your assessment is really interesting. Thanks for posting this. Also, I like your use of the word “kerfuffle”.

We should lunch!

Cheers,
C

]]> By: DPB http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-601 DPB Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:07:49 +0000 http://www.lakelandlocal.com/?p=2023#comment-601 Billy, this quote in your article sums it up to me, "There’s nothing wrong with objectivity, of course, except that it is often false. And I think many of our readers, of all ideological, political and cultural stripes are largely convinced, correctly, that we collectively and individually harbor any number of biases. I saw these biases in play real-time recently helping a presidential candidate. If the writers and editorial boards would not be transparent about there biases and motivation, there may not be such vehement backlash against them. David Billy, this quote in your article sums it up to me,
“There’s nothing wrong with objectivity, of course, except that it is often false. And I think many of our readers, of all ideological, political and cultural stripes are largely convinced, correctly, that we collectively and individually harbor any number of biases.
I saw these biases in play real-time recently helping a presidential candidate. If the writers and editorial boards would not be transparent about there biases and motivation, there may not be such vehement backlash against them.
David

]]> By: The Changing Face of Journalism | Re/Creating Tampa http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-600 The Changing Face of Journalism | Re/Creating Tampa Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:03:43 +0000 http://www.lakelandlocal.com/?p=2023#comment-600 [...] Excellent meditation on the current state of journalism and news organizations by Billy Townsend at Lakeland Local. Recommended. “It’s not newspapers that face a very real death very soon - it’s institutional journalism, the centralized daily coverage of city hall and crime and whose daughter is singing at Carnegie Hall and whose Little League team is undefeated.” [...] [...] Excellent meditation on the current state of journalism and news organizations by Billy Townsend at Lakeland Local. Recommended. “It’s not newspapers that face a very real death very soon – it’s institutional journalism, the centralized daily coverage of city hall and crime and whose daughter is singing at Carnegie Hall and whose Little League team is undefeated.” [...]

]]> By: PB http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-599 PB Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:52:02 +0000 http://www.lakelandlocal.com/?p=2023#comment-599 Townsend hits the nail on the head! Astute analysis of what's wrong with journalism, and the grim prospects for the future. I shudder to think about the long-term effects of this hellish trend. Great to see such a robust blogging community springing to life in my old hometown. Townsend hits the nail on the head!

Astute analysis of what’s wrong with journalism, and the grim prospects for the future. I shudder to think about the long-term effects of this hellish trend.

Great to see such a robust blogging community springing to life in my old hometown.

]]> By: Revisiting the DaSilva-Tampa Trib layoffs story | The Political Whore http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Revisiting the DaSilva-Tampa Trib layoffs story | The Political Whore Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:28:34 +0000 http://www.lakelandlocal.com/?p=2023#comment-598 [...] Trib reporter who left just before that incident, Billy Townsend, has weighed in on the issue with a very thoughtful analysis of the problems of the news biz. I point this out not only because he says nice things about my [...] [...] Trib reporter who left just before that incident, Billy Townsend, has weighed in on the issue with a very thoughtful analysis of the problems of the news biz. I point this out not only because he says nice things about my [...]

]]> By: Kurt Loft http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Kurt Loft Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:06:45 +0000 http://www.lakelandlocal.com/?p=2023#comment-597 Billy Nice column, pal. My response to Janet Coats' claim to save The Tampa Tribune, is this: Why, Janet, are you abandoning all of your paper's institutional knowledge and memory? The Tribune, TBO and Channel 8 will soon coalesce into reactive soundbites at the expense of proactive, enterprising journalism. Need proof? Pick up the Sunday paper. Billy
Nice column, pal. My response to Janet Coats’ claim to save The Tampa Tribune, is this: Why, Janet, are you abandoning all of your paper’s institutional knowledge and memory? The Tribune, TBO and Channel 8 will soon coalesce into reactive soundbites at the expense of proactive, enterprising journalism. Need proof? Pick up the Sunday paper.

]]> By: KCook http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2008/08/tribune-ledger-and-everybody-else-agonistes-the-de-professionalization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-596 KCook Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:37:43 +0000 http://www.lakelandlocal.com/?p=2023#comment-596 Billy: I miss your writing and I am glad that you have joined Lakeland Local on a regular basis. That is a very interesting perspective that you have on print newspapers. I think that your take on a sustainable news model will be on us sooner than later. Also, with the other "reporters" that have joined Lakeland Local, this site is well on its way. Tight work. Billy:

I miss your writing and I am glad that you have joined Lakeland Local on a regular basis. That is a very interesting perspective that you have on print newspapers. I think that your take on a sustainable news model will be on us sooner than later. Also, with the other “reporters” that have joined Lakeland Local, this site is well on its way. Tight work.

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