Comments on: The “lost” generation of journalists may be my own http://zombiejournalism.com/2009/12/the-lost-generation-of-journalists-may-be-my-own/ Dispatches from the walking dead in today's "old" media Mon, 07 May 2012 21:01:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Josh Loftin http://zombiejournalism.com/2009/12/the-lost-generation-of-journalists-may-be-my-own/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Josh Loftin Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:21:19 +0000 http://manjamedia.com/?p=563#comment-620 I am also a member of the lost generation, having started in 1996 as a correspondent for a daily paper while still in college. I want to see the rebirth of journalism, but fear that our generation will escort the current form of journalism to its grave, and the next generation (or the one after it) will find a way to revive it. Maybe those of us still doing this are trying to fill a void for that next generation, if only to instill some of the standards and ethics that we learned from "old media" in the new model. Maybe we believe we can save it. Or, maybe we are the only ones who haven't sobered up enough to find something better. I'd like to believe we can actually help, but ... it's hard to believe, believe, believe. I am also a member of the lost generation, having started in 1996 as a correspondent for a daily paper while still in college. I want to see the rebirth of journalism, but fear that our generation will escort the current form of journalism to its grave, and the next generation (or the one after it) will find a way to revive it. Maybe those of us still doing this are trying to fill a void for that next generation, if only to instill some of the standards and ethics that we learned from “old media” in the new model. Maybe we believe we can save it. Or, maybe we are the only ones who haven't sobered up enough to find something better. I'd like to believe we can actually help, but … it's hard to believe, believe, believe.

]]> By: Route 89 http://zombiejournalism.com/2009/12/the-lost-generation-of-journalists-may-be-my-own/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Route 89 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:02:15 +0000 http://manjamedia.com/?p=563#comment-619 <strong>Back Road Gonzo...</strong> Driving the country highways and rural routes in the Rocky Mountain states, especially in Montana or Wyoming, means eventually stumbling across a roadside bar. These provide food, gas, and booze, and, generally, good company on a nearby bar stool. At o... Back Road Gonzo…

Driving the country highways and rural routes in the Rocky Mountain states, especially in Montana or Wyoming, means eventually stumbling across a roadside bar. These provide food, gas, and booze, and, generally, good company on a nearby bar stool. At o…

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