Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Battle Plans for Newspapers - opinion

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/battle-plans-for-newspapers/

What do you think of this?

13 comments:

maggie todaro said...

I agree with Craig Newmark because despite the economic crisis, news HAS to be preserved. The communities with problems with their economy are going to suffer even more if they don't have a news source for their area. They can't solely rely on the TV because that doesn't always give you the information you need about your specific area.

Unknown said...

I agree with Craig Newmark because new must be preserved and saved. The towns and communities would have even more problems with their economy without a news source. People couldnt rely on other things such as the TV because it doesnt give always give info on your town.

BrittanyB said...

The peoples responses to the Battle Plans for News Papers were a bit confusing to me. But Craig Newmark has a great point. Everyone should always need to know what is going on in their world, economic crisis and all. But how TV doesn't give you the same information as a newspaper on your specific area, to me is true and false. News is News. Everyone involved in it has to stay by the rules... delivering all the facts. Finding something on a specific area could also be looked up online as well.
I'm not sure if my point was made across..
--Brittany Blakes.

donna said...

i agree with Nicholas Lemann, on his article, and his quote

"For another, not everything that appears in a newspaper is information you can’t get anywhere else."

but i disagree with charging people for articles for websites, well its actually that i dont agree but its not like usual to do that but if you think about it, people with comp. are getting it for free wheras people buying the paper are paying for it.

donna said...

to add onto what i said...

i also disagree with Joel Kramer and his quote,

"Publish a newspaper worth $2 a day, the price of a cup of coffee, and $5 on Sunday — and raise the quality"

because does ot really matter what day if the week it is, or if they charged $5 ib a tuesday, or monday. also its like hes saying your only gonna get qualityu journalsim 1 day out oif the week, while its okay for the other six to be not so good because their only charging $2.

after reading all of this, i thionk columinists, and editorial writers, and the fashion, travel, and sectios should be cut, if newspapers are searching for space, but them these journalists would have to be converted into writing articles, and briefs so they don tlose their jobs.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Joel Kramer because he says that news papers should just be online and not on paper. I agree with that because besides being cheaper, it is better for the Earth. I feel that right now in time we need to save money, but also help our Earth. If we dont do either of these things we are going to fail as a country and move on to fail as the world.

robin o. said...

I agree with Craig Newmark because even though we're in an economic crisis, people still need news. If there were only a few newspapers and was for a broader location than people wouldn't get the news about their neighborhood and they would only know a brief over view of what happened. Also not every person and family can afford and watch a TV. The families and people who have a TV can't choose what they want to hear where as with a news paper, you can go directly to that section or story but on TV you have to wait to see what comes up and what they talk about.

Avi Solkoff said...

I agree with Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia University Journalism School, as well as disagree. The News papers size has dramatically decreased with the increase of television. Television has replaced most of the news newspapers offer. Its quick easy and availible 24/7.

Domenico said...

I agree with Joel Kramer because he is right about putting the news on the internet. First, it's cheaper and better for the economy that is not working out well right now, and second, we protect the environment more by not cutting trees etc.

Domenico

Raisa B. said...

I agree with Craig Newmark, who stated that newspapers must be preserved in order to let people know of important news that they have a right to. I also agree with Joel Kramer who stated that news should be online, because it is cheaper and more eco-efficient.

Rosemarie W said...

I agree with Joel Kramer, who says that newspapers should available. This is the right option because, people deserve the right to know what is going on in the world and not everybody can afford to buy a newspaper everyday or a television at home. Posting newspapers on the internet would also be very eco-friendly. :) If we can manage to stop printing newspapers and just posting them on the internet, that would make a big difference.

xbabii1girlx said...

i as well agree with Craig Newmark because the news papers cant just be wasted, we must preserve and save what we can. people need to be informed on whats going on in our world, and yes there are other souces like the television but they only cover certain topics. the news paper has so much more that tv just doesnt cover such as the little articles that may be less important to speak of on tv. But to somepeople the topic that are left out are impotant -nadine

Brianna H. said...

I agree with Craig Newmark because even though we are in an economic crisis, we shouldn't stop selling newspapers or stopping home delivery. People still need the news no matter what state our country is in so that our people can be informed about everything that is going on. But, I do disagree with Joel Kramer and his opinion on making people pay for the newspaper and pay more on Sundays. If the prices of the newspaper increase, not many people are going to want to buy it and therefore, they would be missing out on some important news. News should always be available to any one person no matter what state the country is in.