‘A Manifesto for Change’

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Melissa Worden

Contrary to what some readers may think, less news (a thin newspaper) is not good news.

Journalism as we know it is over because the economic model has collapsed, says Geneva Overholser, editor of The Des Moines Register from 1988 to 1995, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group, an editorial board member of The New York Times and ombudsman of The Washington Post.

She also wrote “On Behalf of Journalism: A Manifesto for Change,” published last fall.

“The story of American journalism is undergoing a dramatic rewrite. The pace of change makes many anxious, and denunciations are lobbed from all sides – and from within. It’s easy to overlook the promise of the many possibilities that lie before us. Our focus here is on those possibilities.”

I found an interview/presentation with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. You can watch it here: