NBC’s Chuck Todd on the Future of Journalism and Being “OutManned” (Or, Don’t Get a Journalism Degree)
The Campaign 2008 discussion at GW’s School of New Media and Public Affairs earlier this month covered a lot more than just the importance of video in the Obama online machine: among other topics, the panel of experienced journalists couldn’t help but also consider the role and future of news outlets themselves in the political process.
NBC’s Chuck Todd put it most dramatically when he described how the press corps felt “outmanned” by the political campaigns, since they had fewer resources than before to cover more of everything — bigger campaigns, more states in play, more videos, more spin emails, more citizen activists, etc. The good news is that citizens demanded more information and better information on the political process, but the bad news is that the news organizations haven’t worked out a business model to make money off of that demand.
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