Comments on: A Counter to College Papers’ Printeriffic Optimism http://collegemediamatters.com/2008/10/02/a-counter-to-college-papers-printeriffic-optimism/ Thu, 17 May 2012 02:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Bachhuber http://collegemediamatters.com/2008/10/02/a-counter-to-college-papers-printeriffic-optimism/#comment-60 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:34:07 +0000 http://collegemedia.wordpress.com/?p=700#comment-60 I agree that paper won’t ever truly die, but we’re on the edge of a Cambrian explosion of digital devices. Student newspapers need to go back to their roots and redefine themselves as student news organizations. News will still be relevant on campus, but we need to learn how to deliver our content across a multitude of platforms in a multitude of formats.
@brandonjmendelson, I’m sorry, but your second point is completely erroneous. If you haven’t heard of filtered news sources online, you haven’t been online long enough. Check out Digg, dude, and report back.

]]> By: brandonjmendelson http://collegemediamatters.com/2008/10/02/a-counter-to-college-papers-printeriffic-optimism/#comment-58 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:09:50 +0000 http://collegemedia.wordpress.com/?p=700#comment-58 I think its crap to assume the paper medium will ever truly die. Weekly newspapers are doing very well and boast high circulation numbers, particularly college papers as you’ve mentioned.

The bottom line is, with more and more information crammed online (and the fact that most content of the web will never truly be noticed), people will look for other forms to get their filtered news from, and that is where the papers will continue to thrive.

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