tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3856283545324438051..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The future of journalism (latest in an endless series)David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-11417727721239788162009-08-16T22:18:59.952+01:002009-08-16T22:18:59.952+01:00I have worthwhile opinions on sport. I'm not a...I have worthwhile opinions on sport. I'm not a great writer.<br /><br />Patrick Barclay is a writer and a journalist, not a 'commentator'. Pay him well and let him do his job. The 'end-user' will have a much better experience.Rob The Builder.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16515189930245902986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-21831326325036328522009-08-14T11:21:40.152+01:002009-08-14T11:21:40.152+01:00An extract from the piece:
"The best Liverpo...An extract from the piece:<br /><br /><i>"The best Liverpool can hope for is to finish second. I just can't see them having the strength to compete with Chelsea or even Manchester United."</i><br /><br />Er, doesn't that mean the best they can hope for is to finish third?Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345758492182779923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-20178975717515540812009-08-14T08:53:59.478+01:002009-08-14T08:53:59.478+01:00Sadly, the result for the end-user is probably NOT...Sadly, the result for the end-user is probably NOT exactly the same.<br /><br />The great commentators have been those who not only have something to say, but a skilled way in which to say it, and I'm afraid they simply won't provide that "over the phone from their holiday home". <br /><br />In fact, The Times probably saved themselves paying him anything at all by doing it over the phone, since it won't count as a "piece". And sadly that was probably the motivation.<br /><br />Many of the greatest journalistic commentators have made very poor talking heads - Julie Burchill and keith Waterhouse come to mind - because so much of their talent lies in their writing skill. That is what the end-user will lose. And another nail will be driven into the coffin of great journalism.Paul Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-16695077437249022009-08-13T19:10:07.293+01:002009-08-13T19:10:07.293+01:00Well I suppose it's better than vox-popping pe...Well I suppose it's better than vox-popping people in the street and passing that off as journalism which we see rather too much of these days.King of Scurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584303186903246427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-64575121943413766602009-08-13T17:31:39.908+01:002009-08-13T17:31:39.908+01:00the phrase "end-user" catches my eye.
...the phrase "end-user" catches my eye. <br /><br />As someone who's worked in I.T calling people users is second nature, but seeing a journalist call a reader a user interests me.<br /><br />I've noticed Spotify doing the same thing - calling the listeners users. But then, that's an application and it feels OK.<br /><br />I've been told off for using the word user my people who post on a website I help run. "Oh we're users now? I thought we were members."robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891781037248090988noreply@blogger.com