How to reinvent journalism?

Any industry which doesn't mind outsourcing its jobs.

As low as it can go, Gannett's not going to set up shop in New Delhi and drop its American employees. And if it does, people will stop buying Gannett papers because the quality will dip too low.

 

You ever worked in a textile mill? A foundry? A forge? A tannery? Ever set a brick or roof a house? Rough out a barn frame or run a dragline? Ever buck bales behind a combine? Ever worked a shovel for the county, or laid hot asphalt on a highway? Ever worked in a coal mine? Ever picked fruit or cotton? Ever worked in a slaughterhouse or a gravel pit? Ever worked on a tuna boat? Ever worked a refinery job? Or chip rust in a shipyard?

In short, have you ever done anything to earn a living but run your mouth and move your fingers?

 

A friend of mine just sent me this, in case anyone is interested in checking out what some people think about the "future" of the biz: http://www.j-lab.org/Journalism_20.pdf

It's a PDF book, just FYI.