[Journalists] Evolution: Shifting from Print to Digital Media - Is It Creating More Jobs?

[Everett Gavel]

Hello,

Regarding the news blurb below, I'm interested to hear 
from newspaper employees.  Do you think it a positive 
thing for journalists that are blind?  Does this 
continuing evolution into the digital world bode well 
for us?  What problems are you aware of that we need to 
work on, to make sure we're more fully involved?  Are 
the digital "solutions" newspapers are moving to, 
accessible?  Does this evolution allow for more job 
opportunities for the blind journalist?  Is this 
happening in reality, or is it more theoretical thus 
far?

Here's the blurb:


From: The Publishing Poynters Newsletter, November 15, 
2008

7. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR SHIFTS FROM PRINT TO 
DIGITAL
The first newspaper with a national audience will shift 
from a daily print
format to an online publication that is updated 
continuously each day.
Circulation has dropped to 52,000 from a 1970 high of 
220,000.  Read about
the changes scheduled for April.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1029/p25s01-usgn.html

Book publicist Stacey Miller comments: "Authors and 
publishers who ignore
changes in the media do so at their own peril. It's not 
particularly
enjoyable to watch newspapers' book review sections 
shrink or disappear
altogether, and it's sad to see national and local 
television (not to
mention radio) shows fizzle. And it's especially 
difficult to watch
prestigious newspapers morph into something altogether 
new ... but to deny
those changes, or to hope it won't affect any other 
newspapers, is to
jeopardize book promotion campaigns and the possibility 
of garnering as
much book publicity opportunities now as you did in the 
"old days." See
http://www.bookpr.com/bookpromotionblog/2008/10/kieeping_up_with_changes_to_ke.html



Looking Forward to Your Feedback,
Everett
www.everettgavel.com