Death of Newspapers: Long Live Journalism?

By GRIT TV

March 24, 2009

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Writing in The Nation, John Nichols and Robert McChesney note that the disappearance of the daily or local paper is ominous. Clay Shirky, in a widely circulated essay writes that, "If you want to know why newspapers are in such trouble, the most salient fact is this: Printing presses are terrifically expensive to set up and to run." The digital revolution means that newspapers will disappear. The question is whether journalism will survive.

On GRITtv Nation writer John Nichols, Colin Robinson, a former senior editor at Scribner, and Paul Gillin the founder and editor of News Paper Death Watch discuss the future of publishing and print journalism.

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