Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and producer, is on UW campus today for the Danz lecture at Kane Hall tonight. He’s talking to students from two journalism classes this afternoon. Live blogged notes:
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Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and producer, is on UW campus today for the Danz lecture at Kane Hall tonight. He’s talking to students from two journalism classes this afternoon. Live blogged notes:
I am beyond weary of arguments that compare digital goods with physical goods, those made of atoms instead of zeros-and-ones. Physical goods are what economists call “rival goods” and they are “rival” because they can’t be consumed by two people simultaneously. Thus, if I have an apple, you can’t eat it unless you persuade me […]
After reading the opening of this Future of Journalism essay, I wrote the following as a comment. It’s long, so I’m repurposing it for WiredPen, even though I feel like I’m beating my head against a brick wall: