Mediatwits #51: Kramer, Rosen on Future of Print Papers; Brian Boyer Moves to NPR
by Mark Glaser, June 1, 2012
Tagged: brian boyer, chicago tribune, frequency, jay rosen, larry kramer, new orleans times-picayune, newspapers, npr, print
Welcome to the 51st episode of the Mediatwits podcast, with Mark Glaser and Rafat Ali as co-hosts. This week we take a deeper look at the changes at various local newspapers in North America, lowering their print frequency from daily down to a few times per week. Is this an alarming trend or a natural evolution of newspapers as they move toward a digital-first future? We convene an esteemed panel to discuss the future of print papers, including new USAToday president and publisher Larry Kramer and NYUjournalism professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen. Would Kramer consider lowering USA Today's print frequency? "I wouldn't rule anything out," he said.
We also talked with one of the more prominent programmer-journalists, Brian Boyer, who is leaving the Chicago Tribune news apps team to go to NPR to lead their new news app team. What made him make the move to radio, and how will his job differ? We talk to Boyer about his plans to bring more data know-how to public radio.
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