Monthly Archives: September 2019

Lost and found stories

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Doc Searls

A few weeks ago, in Where journalism fails, I wrote about how journalism, for all its high-minded (and essential) purposes, is still interested only in stories. I explained that stories have just three requirements—character, problem, and movement—and that, by focusing on those … Continue reading →

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Thoughts at #ID2020

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Doc Searls

I’m at the ID2020 (@ID2020) Summit in New York. The theme is “Rising to the Good ID Challenge.” My notes here are accumulating at the bottom, not the top. Okay, here goes… At that last link it says, “The ID2020 Alliance is setting the … Continue reading →

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There are better ways to save journalism

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Doc Searls

In a Columbia Journalism Review op-ed, Bernie Sanders presents a plan to save journalism that begins, WALTER CRONKITE ONCE SAID that “journalism is what we need to make democracy work.” He was absolutely right, which is why today’s assault on journalism … Continue reading →

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