Free Post death of print The end of the printed Independent: the shock we all knew was coming For years, those of us who have been thinking deeply about the digital translation have been asking the same question: What happens when one of our national newspapers closes – or
Free Post journalism Is nostalgia for print dooming journalism students to failure? Merciless attack on print nostalgists from Clay Shirky: The most important fight in journalism today isn’t between short vs. long-form publications, or fast vs. thorough newsrooms, or even incumbents vs. start-ups. The most important fight is between realists and nostalgists. He builds a
Free Post books The cozy glow of format nostalgia There’s an interesting post on Teleread by Chris Meadows that digs into the reflexive dislike of eReaders that many people have: When people say they like paper books, the feel of pages, smell of books, and so on, what they are more often
