Journalists, I find, tend to come quite late to sites like Tumblr and Pinterest. For one thing, those sites are overwhelmingly visual: images nearly always do much better than words. And more generally, journalists are much better at writing than they are at reading — which means that they’re really bad at seeing the value added by curating and reblogging.
How sharing disrupts media | Felix Salmon (via markcoatney)

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    Salmon’s remarks are about the business of media. You should at least skim them and get an idea what the debate over the...
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    I’m not sure if I agree with this. I’m sort of a journalist, but I’m a very visual person (don’t know whether that’s...
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    This is interesting, but I found myself skimming towards the end. Making claims like, “… journalists are much better at...
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