My great predecessor in this column, David Carr, wrote at a time when the conventional wisdom was that the internet was destroying journalism. But David’s eye was drawn to the interesting and the new, like Gawker and The Huffington Post or Twitter and WikiLeaks. Those of us who worked in the thrilling new world of online journalism were pleased to receive the gruff visitor, his head at a tilt, as he took in the exploding media world. Around the world, digital news outlets that shattered the status quo, from Manila to Moscow, are hanging on for dear life. It is, to me, an inspiring list, and a suggestion that there’s a lot of open space to be filled in.

Source: New York Times July 11, 2021 22:03 UTC