DanM: Tried To Make SR Radio Work

Dan Mitchinson: It’s easy to play Monday morning QB and try to guess what will or won’t work these days. But until you’re in the trenches…and give it a try…you’ll never really know. Print and the electronic media will continue to change, evolve and adapt to the times. I believe some of the best work from our print journalists is still to come…and I hope they get their work showcased not just in the paper…but on radio, TV, digital, the web etc. I think it was Tina Brown who said (and I’m paraphrasing here) ‘Saving journalisim is more important than saving what it’s written on.’ Full post below .

Question: Anyone hazard a guess re: what journalism will look like in 10 years?

With all due respect Nick…as someone who has 25 years in the business…you’re mistaken. Our news was objective…I never had my editor or publisher tell me we could or couldn’t run a story…we even covered the SR layoffs (when was the last time a TV or another radio station in town covered their own layoffs???).

Rush, Hannity and Savage don’t cater to a ‘small’ audience…not unless you count 20 million listeners a week ‘small.’

I’m proud of what we’ve done at the SR…at least they tired something new…which is more than most companies are willing to do these days. And as for the future…I’ve talked with at least a half dozen other newspapers/radio groups(and met with two in New Zealand) that are looking at starting a similar partnership. The Washington Times has launched hourly two minute newscasts…and later this month will offer a syndicated three hour radio morning show.

It’s easy to play Monday morning QB and try to guess what will or won’t work these days. But until you’re in the trenches…and give it a try…you’ll never really know. Print and the electronic media will continue to change, evolve and adapt to the times. I believe some of the best work from our print journalists is still to come…and I hope they get their work showcased not just in the paper…but on radio, TV, digital, the web etc. I think it was Tina Brown who said (and I’m paraphrasing here) ‘Saving journalisim is more important than saving what it’s written on.’