Romenesko

Columbia U. Graduate School of Journalism
"Despite the challenges newspapers face, this is an extraordinarily exciting time for anyone in the business of news and information," Washington Post political reporter Dan Balz told Columbia j-school grads. He also said:
* "There is much good about how changes in the structure of media have affected political journalism. I would like to think we are closer to our readers and viewers than ever before -- and some days, given my email, I wish we were not quite so close."
* "Not everything is good about the way we are doing our jobs as political reporters. My first concern is that we talk more and more about less and less. We seize on trivial developments rather than big ideas. We obsess over process and but not over policy. We over-cover a snide remark by David Geffen about the Clintons and under-cover a major speech."