November 2011
22 posts
“Do journalists cry? Do editors cry?
Do photographers cry? They should. They do. They must. [They should] stop and take some time out at prayer […]. There, they can find time to reflect, pray and perhaps shed a few tears for the hurt, anguish and pain they have caused.” —Jim Cassidy, ex director del Sunday Mail de Glasgow i del Sunday Mirror (dos “red-tops”) a la comissió Leveson del Parlament britànic.
Do photographers cry? They should. They do. They must. [They should] stop and take some time out at prayer […]. There, they can find time to reflect, pray and perhaps shed a few tears for the hurt, anguish and pain they have caused.” —Jim Cassidy, ex director del Sunday Mail de Glasgow i del Sunday Mirror (dos “red-tops”) a la comissió Leveson del Parlament britànic.
“The tenor of a front-page news story has changed in the last five or ten years from who, where, when, what, why to more emphasis on how and why.”
—Bill Keller [el mateix del passat dia 14].
“[…] recuerdo que un día le entregué [a Manuel Ibáñez Escofet, llavors director adjunt de El Correo Catalán] un texto sobre patentes y mientras lo corregía me dijo que estaba bien. Le respondí que sí, pero que lo más interesante me habían pedido que no lo publicara y, mientras se lo explicaba, vi que empezaba a escribir. Le recordé que me habían pedido que no lo publicara y si lo hacía me iban a llamar hijo de puta. Me preguntó: “¿Qué prefieres, que mañana te llamen hijo de puta o que ahora mismo yo te diga que eres una mierda como periodista?” Total, que salió y, al día siguiente, me gritó desde la otra punta de la redacción: “Martí, ¿qué te ha dicho ese tío cuando te ha llamado?” Y le contesté: “Que soy un hijo de puta.” “Bueno, pero eres un buen periodista.” Las cosas funcionaban así.”
—Josep Martí Gómez, repòrter de tota la vida, explica la seva formació professional al final dels anys 60.
“The industry cannot be focused predominantly on print. The platform is not important - the content is… […] I suggest we should simply accept that digital media is now all-pervasive and must be embraced totally, in newsrooms and in advertising sales departments…[…] Lately, I have become convinced that newspapers will migrate in significant proportion to mobile devices. […] I believe the printed newspaper will survive, but I suspect 10-15 years from now, more people will read tablet equivalents. Crucially, it is accepted that people will pay for content on tablets and e-readers […]. Sustaining journalism will require the public to pay for it and for the industry to stop pandering to the digital freeloaders. Shouldn’t we begin to occupy this territory?”
—John Meehan. Antic director del Hull Daily Mail.
“Newspaper people love impossible dreams… I suppose we’re reckless sentimentalists.
If we didn’t love impossible dreams, we would not still be working in an industry whose basic technology was developed in the 16th and 17th centuries.” —R.W. Apple Jr. Corresponsal polític de The New York Times (+2006) en una entrevista a Lear’s.
If we didn’t love impossible dreams, we would not still be working in an industry whose basic technology was developed in the 16th and 17th centuries.” —R.W. Apple Jr. Corresponsal polític de The New York Times (+2006) en una entrevista a Lear’s.
“What better test is there for an editor than how they handle the publisher’s best friend?
a former [The New York] Times correspondent asks. And, one could add, what better test is there for a publisher than his refusal to bully his newsroom to help a friend?” —Ken Auletta, al seu perfil de Jill Abramson a New Yorker.
a former [The New York] Times correspondent asks. And, one could add, what better test is there for a publisher than his refusal to bully his newsroom to help a friend?” —Ken Auletta, al seu perfil de Jill Abramson a New Yorker.
“It sells. And so do cigarettes. Is there a difference between purveyors of misinformation and purveyors of deadly products? The former undermines democracy, whereas the latter kills about 450,000 Americans a year.
[…]
I’d say purveyors of misinformation have a much more negative impact on a lot more people than cigarettes. After all, once you’re dead, you don’t care any more.” —rayward i AllanL5, lectors de The New Republic, tot comentant la peça “The Enablers Of A Campaign Falsehood”.
[…]
I’d say purveyors of misinformation have a much more negative impact on a lot more people than cigarettes. After all, once you’re dead, you don’t care any more.” —rayward i AllanL5, lectors de The New Republic, tot comentant la peça “The Enablers Of A Campaign Falsehood”.
“[…] when people buy Vogue, they want to read the ads; in a very real sense, the editorial is something which just gets in the way. […] If advertisers thought that readers only looked at ads insofar as they were adjacent to editorial, then they would ask for placement opposite editorial. But that’s not what happens: the ads all cluster at the front, the editorial gets relegated to the back, and readers spend more time looking at ads than they do looking at editorial features. In fact, the most avid readers of the editorial shoots are the advertisers, who use them for ideas when they’re planning their next campaign. Vogue is a prime example of the power of advertising: if, as an advertiser, you know how to give people something they want, then you don’t need to rely on second-best stratagems like adjacency. And no one ever clicked on an ad in Vogue.”
—Felix Salmon, blocaire sobre la indústria dels mitjans, Reuters.
“Las noticias, cuando ocurren, te obligan a contar de inmediato lo que ha pasado, aun sin entender nada. Es inevitable, la superficialidad inicial es un mal intrínseco al periodismo. Pero el
error es no profundizar después
y, desafortunadamente, los periodistas cada vez profundizan menos, no regresan a la noticia.” —David Simon, guionista de The Wire.
error es no profundizar después
y, desafortunadamente, los periodistas cada vez profundizan menos, no regresan a la noticia.” —David Simon, guionista de The Wire.
“No consideramos nada como
un producto terminado.” —Arianna Huffington, Directora de Continguts d’AOL.
un producto terminado.” —Arianna Huffington, Directora de Continguts d’AOL.
“For a weekly magazine in this climate, the only bar you have to clear is indispensability. Indispensability is the hallmark of the product. Greatness is indispensable. Why am I reading this article in this magazine? Why am I reading this right now in this magazine? And what am I going to be able to take away from it? Apply those three questions to most stories. That’s how you get to indispensability.”
—Josh Tyrangiel, Director de Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
“My scoops are more in the realm of explaining.”
—Bill Keller, ex reporter, corresponsal, editor i director, The New York Times.
“In journalism, real authority starts with reporting. Knowing your stuff, mastering your beat, being right on the facts, digging under the surface of things, calling around to find out what happened, verifying what you heard. ‘I’m there, you’re not, let me tell you about it’.”
—Jay Rosen, professor de Periodisme a New York University.
“[…] news isn’t a commodity, but a “public good”—something that benefits everyone and,
in the economic sense, something whose value doesn’t diminish no matter how many people use it (and whether they pay for it or not). Framing the news as a commodity and ultra-abundant makes it easier to give away. It also suggests a lack of understanding of what it takes to produce great beat reporting, let alone accountability journalism.” —Dean Starkman, editor de la columna The Audit a Columbia Journalism Review.
in the economic sense, something whose value doesn’t diminish no matter how many people use it (and whether they pay for it or not). Framing the news as a commodity and ultra-abundant makes it easier to give away. It also suggests a lack of understanding of what it takes to produce great beat reporting, let alone accountability journalism.” —Dean Starkman, editor de la columna The Audit a Columbia Journalism Review.
“[…] journalism’s true value-creating work, the keystone of American journalism, the principle around which it is organized, is public-interest reporting; the kind that is usually expensive, risky, stressful, and time-consuming. Public-interest reporting isn’t just another tab on the home page. It is a core value, the thing that builds trust, sets agendas, clarifies public understanding, challenges powerful institutions, and generates reform. It is, in the end, the point.”
—Dean Starkman, premi Pulitzer de periodisme d’investigació 1994.
“Hyperlinks are, in essence, references, which are fundamentally different from other acts of ‘publication’.
[The opposite conclusion] would seriously restrict the flow
of information on the internet
and, as a result, freedom of expression.” —Tribunal Suprem del Canadà a Crookes v. Newton, 19 d’octubre del 2011.
[The opposite conclusion] would seriously restrict the flow
of information on the internet
and, as a result, freedom of expression.” —Tribunal Suprem del Canadà a Crookes v. Newton, 19 d’octubre del 2011.
“[…] la tecnología no será considerada nunca más como
un elemento aislado dentro
de la empresa, ya que ella es la propia empresa.” —Price Waterhouse Coopers, Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2011-2015.
un elemento aislado dentro
de la empresa, ya que ella es la propia empresa.” —Price Waterhouse Coopers, Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2011-2015.
“Ben segur, no vaig estar gens content el matí del 14 de juny de 1940 quan vaig veure, a l’Avenue de Wagram [de París], els primers alemanys. Tanmateix, si això estava passant, més valia veure-ho, i m’estimo més haver-ho vist.”
—Just Cabot, periodista, defineix l’actitud del repòrter en una carta de l’1 de març del 1945 al seu amic Emili Lluch.
“Escric perquè m’agrada escriure i perquè m’agrada fer una mica d’agitació: indignar alguns
i provocar la satisfacció d’altres.” —Just Cabot, periodista gegant.
i provocar la satisfacció d’altres.” —Just Cabot, periodista gegant.
