Interesting to read an article by Will Bunch about the death of Editor and Publisher. An opinion I hear repeated and repeated. Journalism isn't dead, just the print industry. Although having seen The Sun's advert today on the TV before X-Factor I don't think they're going to go down without a fight. Editor and Publisher were a company who based their principles on good old fashioned great journalism - asking difficult questions and not just accepting the official line. The finale to his article says:
"It's a sad day, but in a strange way the death of Editor & Publisher gives me hope for the future of journalism. Because they showed us a blueprint, that size or technology is overrated, that a half-dozen people can make a difference just by asking the right questions and by not backing down. And if Greg Mitchell and the others could accomplish this at a small, shrinking trade publication, then I know that it can happen again and will happen again, somewhere else and in some other format -- that no-holds-barred journalism is possible even on these weird little newfangled tablets or whatever.
Because in the remarkable way that they died, Editor & Publisher showed the rest of journalism how to live."
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