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Those sexy newspapers
Reading a newspaper can make you more interesting, knowledgeable and even sexier, according to the Newspaper Association of America.
I think that this campaign is not just one that is needed, but that should be imitated globally.
During my recent workshop with the European News Agencies in Geneva, Switzerland, and during a question/answer period, I proposed to the editors——worried about the impact of social media and breaking news——that perhaps it would be a good idea for professional journalists to mount a marketing campaign reminding people that, although social media plays a key role, and o e that is likely to grow in years to come, it is professional journalists who are trained to report the news, to rank it, to advance it through analysis and interpretation.
That role has not changed, indeed, and perhaps has been enhanced by the presence of social media.
If other industries have taken to marketing to extol the virtues of their products (think those “drink milk” ads that show celebrities with white moustaches), then there is no reason why we should not do the same.
So this campaign in the US, reminding audiences of the value of professional journalism, is a great idea.
For more:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/group-says-newspapers-arent-dead-theyre-alluring/
In Libya: newspapers thriving
Here is a place where newspapers are booming——and so is news!
In Libya post Gaddafi, people cannot get enough of the news, and, with no censorship which is what existed for over 40 years under the rule of the strongman, it is a New beginning for press freedom in Libya.
For more:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/press-freedom-exerted-as-libya-newspapers-multiply-2374888.html
Today’s pop up
Bild today deals with the European economic crisis, and has fun with a not so funny topic, asking the question: Do the billions come from China?
TheMarioBlog post #876
Starting to Rethink GarciaMedia.com
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