I haven't posted in a while, call it a lack of inspiration. But, I think I've had other things on my mind lately. The economic downturn is affecting everyone, and now today it has taken away a 150-year-old institution, The Rocky Mountain News. The Rocky published their final edition today and it's a huge and unfortunate loss for not only the residents of Denver, Colorado, but this country and certainly the newspaper industry. Newspapers have been battling to survive for several years now as the old business model strains to embrace today's fast, instantaneous methods of information delivery. We are losing the population charged with the responsibility of finding the truth. As internet bloggers, live chats and Twitter feeds supplement our news feed, we are forgetting who and how this information is collected. I fear we will accept hearsay and gossip over top notch, in-depth reporting.
I'm posting this video produced by the staff of The Rocky Mountain News not only because it is incredibly informative and visually interesting, but also to show how much they cared to deliver such an introspective piece knowing their days were numbered. Please take a few minutes out of your day to spend with them. The industry needs it.
Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.
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I still don't understand how they could just close the paper like that. With a snap of the fingers. And the Scripps CEO didn't even look bummed out when he told the staff about the closing. That's probably because he wasn't losing his job.
The very end is the saddest thing I've seen yet from the collapse:
"I guess I would just like to say, to our sources, to our readers...thanks...and I'm sorry."
And the way that she choked on the last word... *sigh*
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