WHAT'S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS

Sad words from the late Norman Mailer:

“Newsrooms these days all sound like you’re in a monastery.

All the computers are so silent.

I miss the old days.

Lots of journalism writing is bad because the pressure of being a good writer is not the first talent you need to be a good journalist.

The first talent you need is the emotional readiness to introduce yourself to strangers and pick their brains.”

And he didn’t know that now in many newsrooms journalists don’t even speak to each other, they e-mail instead!

You will not change newspapers if you don’t change newsrooms.

You will not improve newspapers if you don’t change the workflow.

You will not have better newspapers if you don’t have better newsrooms.