Comments on: Just the FAQs, please http://ryansholin.com/2007/07/06/just-the-faqs-please/ Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://ryansholin.com/2007/07/06/just-the-faqs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-7027 Ryan Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:48:33 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/07/06/just-the-faqs-please/#comment-7027 John - I do my best to not pay attention to the signature on my paycheck. I'm pretty much free to try out innovations as I please, for now. My biggest limitation is my own time. John – I do my best to not pay attention to the signature on my paycheck. I’m pretty much free to try out innovations as I please, for now. My biggest limitation is my own time.

]]> By: John Bowman http://ryansholin.com/2007/07/06/just-the-faqs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-7026 John Bowman Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:45:45 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/07/06/just-the-faqs-please/#comment-7026 As a lifelong journalist (31 years) this has all been very difficult for me to come to grips with. But "information aggregator" absolutely is a role newspapers should play, as long as "government watchdog" and "advocate for the disenfranchised" don't get lost in the new-wave shuffle. However, it's difficult for me to see a Dean Singleton-owned company being on the vanguard of anything except trying to cut its way to prosperity. As a lifelong journalist (31 years) this has all been very difficult for me to come to grips with. But “information aggregator” absolutely is a role newspapers should play, as long as “government watchdog” and “advocate for the disenfranchised” don’t get lost in the new-wave shuffle. However, it’s difficult for me to see a Dean Singleton-owned company being on the vanguard of anything except trying to cut its way to prosperity.

]]> By: mike sabat http://ryansholin.com/2007/07/06/just-the-faqs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-7017 mike sabat Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:52:52 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/07/06/just-the-faqs-please/#comment-7017 It's an amazing question. Not only, why hasn't any newspaper done this(?), I've never even seen them approach this. My guess is that it's a slippery slope for them. As soon as they prove to themselves that a new model will work, they have to switch. It is probably much easier just to stay in the fetal position. It’s an amazing question. Not only, why hasn’t any newspaper done this(?), I’ve never even seen them approach this.

My guess is that it’s a slippery slope for them. As soon as they prove to themselves that a new model will work, they have to switch. It is probably much easier just to stay in the fetal position.

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