Are legacy newsrooms too targeted on the previous mannequin?
I do assume that most of the giant media organizations haven’t gotten the memo totally. I imply, it’s fascinating to observe The Wall Road Journal combine its tech protection with its media protection.
You’re speaking about how The Journal recently cut some tech reporters and mixed it with the media crew.
Yeah. In fact, it is available in a panorama the place there have been a variety of layoffs throughout totally different groups and publications and it’s very unhappy. It’s my alma mater, there are fantastic individuals there. However what’s so fascinating to me is the concept of consolidating totally different thematic areas.
At The Data, our components is simply very totally different. It’s going very, very deep into topic issues, into beat reporting. I feel essentially the most bold, world altering, impactful tales come from gathering string round firms and other people and areas of experience. And I fear, as a result of I see a variety of different newsrooms with very proficient reporters put these reporters on very broad and enterprise-like beats. How can we maintain firms and leaders accountable with out that type of reporting day in and time out?
