While newsprint will never die – I hope! – many of us believe that it’s time to adapt every aspect of our operations to the reality of online news.
Predictor: Bilodeau, Anne
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Computer-Mediated Communication magazine, Anne Bilodeau, a founder of the Society for Electronic News Delivery, writes: ”As we who are already on the nets know, news is headed here, online. While newsprint will never die – I hope! – many of us believe that it’s time to adapt every aspect of our operations to the reality of online news. Those who want to get their hands dirty with online news issues now, rather than being forced to do so by the competition, are the members of the new Society of Electronic News Delivery.’ A few key questions will probably keep us busy till at least 2010: How should journalists be trained to deal with online news? How do we market the medium/product? What are the legal issues, particularly copyright and libel trends? How should new products be staffed/financed? In the future, we envision growing into a full-time, staffed organization, perhaps providing e-journalism scholarships and tracking/influencing pertinent legislation. To date, SEND has about 100 members, representing organizations as diverse as Aspen Publishers, Ziff-Davis Interactive, the Chicago Tribune, Simba Information, The San Francisco Examiner, Prodigy, Northeastern University and Digital Light.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: An Overview of the Society of the Electronic News Delivery
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1994/jul/send.html
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