QUOTES
Quotes from the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
"Technology is [just] a tool. It's the content, stupid," said Martin Nisenholtz, The New York Times Company's senior vice president for digital operations.
John Carroll, who left the Los Angeles Times last year after refusing to implement newsroom cutbacks, said the requirement that a newspaper maintain a 20 percent average profit margin -- which he called the industry standard -- diminishes quality, which in turn erodes circulation. "With a 10 percent profit margin you'd have $75 million more to spend improving the quality of the paper and another $75 million to spend to build the future on the web," he said.
Bill Marimow, a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter fired from his post as editor of The Baltimore Sun two years ago amid controversy over management style and cost cutting, said, "We're eroding the fundamentals of long-term journalism deliberately to satisfy investors' goals."
Marimow, who last week accepted a new job as ombudsman of NPR after resigning as NPR's vice president of news, said newspapers must do three things: First, invest in "great journalism: the best reporters, editors and business side people." Next, put "a chunk of profits into the newest, latest technology." And finally, "promote and market our news organizations."
"It's a fatal mistake, especially for local news, not to do this."
And Jeff Jarvis: "The media doesn't matter, journalism matters."
"Technology is [just] a tool. It's the content, stupid," said Martin Nisenholtz, The New York Times Company's senior vice president for digital operations.
John Carroll, who left the Los Angeles Times last year after refusing to implement newsroom cutbacks, said the requirement that a newspaper maintain a 20 percent average profit margin -- which he called the industry standard -- diminishes quality, which in turn erodes circulation. "With a 10 percent profit margin you'd have $75 million more to spend improving the quality of the paper and another $75 million to spend to build the future on the web," he said.
Bill Marimow, a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter fired from his post as editor of The Baltimore Sun two years ago amid controversy over management style and cost cutting, said, "We're eroding the fundamentals of long-term journalism deliberately to satisfy investors' goals."
Marimow, who last week accepted a new job as ombudsman of NPR after resigning as NPR's vice president of news, said newspapers must do three things: First, invest in "great journalism: the best reporters, editors and business side people." Next, put "a chunk of profits into the newest, latest technology." And finally, "promote and market our news organizations."
"It's a fatal mistake, especially for local news, not to do this."
And Jeff Jarvis: "The media doesn't matter, journalism matters."
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