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    Is Old Media Really Dead?

    Knight 2007 News Challenge Winner
    Paul Lamb

    by Paul Lamb (Bio), March 2, 2008

    Tagged: old media new media journalism news information television radio newspaper

    According to this new report released by We Media/Zogby, two thirds of Americans think traditional journalism is out of touch with what they want from their news and nearly half now get their news online. The report suggests that 29% of Americans get their primary news information fromTelevision, 11% from radio and only 10% from newspapers.

    Is traditional media really dead or dying? Is journalism itself the problem or is it all about a shirft in medium and not the quality of journalism itself that is itself the cause of our dissatisfaction? Or are these the wrong questions to be asking?

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