“Back in class, Quigley tells us we have to remember to bring in the hard copy of the New York Times every week. I take a deep sigh. Every single journalism class at NYU has required me to bring the bulky newspaper. I don’t understand why they don’t let us access the online version, get our current events news from other outlets, or even use our NYTimes app on the iPhone. Bringing the New York Times pains me because I refuse to believe that it’s the only source for credible news or Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism and it’s a big waste of trees.”
Via, Mediashift and thanks to Steve Gomes.
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didn’t you know – newspaper trees are a renewable resource!
i-phones arent.. :P
yeah and I think they should bring it in because it’s just a different learning experience if you have the actual paper in hand in class.
The big waste of tree argument comming from a student is ridiculous. Of course you have to have the object in hand if you want to study it even if it’s bad or poisonous. If you study medicine you need a corpse, if you study chemistry you have to handle dangerous chemical and if you want to study journalism you better bring a paper to class.
The only thing objectionable here is if they are actually only supposed to bring ONE newspaper. They should at least have the Washington Post on top of it and a couple of foreign ones too.
Dang…didn’t see this post before I responded to the e-reader post. The waste of trees argument is ridiculous. #1 is right that iphones aren’t renewable. On top of that, their disposal (and the disposal of everything else electronic) is linked to high rates of cancer and other causes of death in Asia where all the e-waste dumps are. Nasty stuff…
Based on the comments above, it doesn’t seem that people are clicking through and reading her entire blog post. There’s a lot more in there than the relative merits of buying the print edition of the Times.
Here’s a bit of my what I took away from Taylor’s blog post, from a discussion I had with a friend today:
The thing that I found most disturbing was Taylor’s instructor trying to tell her what “Gen Y” is all about. I think a large part of why print pubs are losing money hand over fist is because all their online efforts are being orchestrated by old[er] people who read–in the WSJ probably–that kids these days are big into Facebook. They’d be much better served by putting those efforts into the hands of younger people who grew up immersed in social media, and who know better than anyone what they and their peers want.
Steve
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I think its inevitable that pulp based media will eventually, probably soon, become totally redundant in the face of the various burgeoning types of electronic “paper”. Hardly worth discussing its a fait a complis ? P
It all comes down to putting more $$ in the NY economy. Recycling newspaper is worse for the environment then it actually helps. You should bring this up next time, just search for recycling myths…
Perhaps it’s just because that is the way they did it 30 years ago.
Dinosaurs are slow to adapt!
Oli
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