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June 17, 2005

10 Million Luthers

Jay Rosen's been talking for a while about how journalism has become a religion in and of itself.

In a response to one of Rosen's latest rants, Jeff Jarvis poses the question: "What are bloggers but 10 million Luthers pounding on the door?"

He also asks an important question (a question I appreciate as a journalist, myself): "Are the products of journalism's two holy sacraments—investigative reporting and good, old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting—what the public really wants or what journalists want?"

And on the issue of diversity: "... Diversity is about the voices and views outside and whether they are heard. They are beginning to be heard online, because they can be, so why do they need to go inside the newsroom? No, it's up to the newsroom to listen to what is happening outside its walls" (emphasis mine). As the analogy holds (journalism/religion), the same statement could be made and just replace "newsroom" with "church."

Posted by Steve K. at June 17, 2005 10:01 PM

Comments

as one who's serving as a "Lutheran" .. I appreciate this post even more :-)

Posted by: Sivin Kit [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 20, 2005 11:30 AM

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