"All the news that's fit to print"

The final tutorial for this course was spent watching New York Times documentary called 

'Page One: Inside the New York Times'.

This documentary proves a sensational insight into the New York Times newsroom and speaks of the transformation of the media landscape in regard to new media. With the current decline in profitability for newspapers, as more and more people are turning to the Internet as their main news source, the print media industry has hit its greatest time of turmoil. Page One captures the exceptional journalistic skills of the journalists at the New York Times. This insight allowed me to appreciate the hard and important work of a print journalist.

One of my favourite people introduced in this movie is David Carr, the Media Equations columnist for the Monday business section that addressed media issues including print, digital, film, radio and television. He is a man who truly loves The Times and appreciates and adores his job. I admire him.
There is a moment in this documentary where Carr stops a man he is interviewing who is speaking incorrectly of the journalists at The Times, it is an awkward moment for the other people in the interview. However, it is a moment that accentuates David Carr's love for The Times. The interview is shown below.

I admire the courage Mr Carr possess to be able to take this action in this interview. It makes me fall more in love with journalism.


29.05.2012