Welcome to the Journalistic Reporting and Writing Section A01 blog. We will use this blog to read, critique and explore journalism as it’s happening now. We will comment, post and create an ongoing dialogue throughout the semester about the current state of journalism and what the future holds.
To kick things off, here’s a piece from the January 20th Outlook section of the Washington Post. Written by David Simon, a former newspaper reporter and currently producer of the HBO series The Wire, the piece is both a quick recent history of the print news business and a heartfelt lament about how he feels it has all slipped away.
It is a bracing take on the business and vocation we are going to immerse ourselves in over the next 16 weeks.
I, for one, am excited.
You may have to register at the Washington Post to read the story. It’s free.
Steve
