What Clay Shirky thinks about journalism
American writer on the social and economic effects of the internet, author of Here Comes Everybody (2008) and Cognitive Surplus (2010); has taught at New York University.
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3 dated positions, 2009, in their own words. Our reading of what Clay Shirky has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingJournalism has always been subsidized.
Their wordsJournalism has always been subsidized.
↗Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkableshirky.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
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Our readingSociety needs journalism, not newspapers.
Their wordsSociety doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism.
↗Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkableshirky.com 4th of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsFor the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases. Many of these models will rely on amateurs as researchers and writers.
↗Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkableshirky.com 5th of 5 in this piece