The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University Vol. Cataloging Journalism's Concerns What the People Know Richard Reeves Harvard University Press. No fooling around. And guess what, this former New York Timesman does not despair as much as one might expect over what he sees and reads these days.
Reeves is a philosophical realist if there ever was one.
This latest Reeves book is based upon his Joanna Jackson Goodman Memorial Lecture on American Civilization and Government at the Library of Congress. Or we could end up as bank tellers pushed aside for the automatic teller machinesATM journalism with slots to deposit or withdraw news. Reeves cites the enormity of today's technology companiesmore than 10 times the size of the biggest media companies. Intel has 41,000 employees and 16 billion in revenues, while The New York Times and The Washington Post have a combined total of 19,000 employees and combined revenue of about four billion. The next changes could hit folks like me where it hurts, right in the old occupation.