Tina Brown, Editor of The Daily Beast, on Journalism

Here's a clip of Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast.com, talking with Gideon Yago of The Media Project, an IFC production, about the future of journalism. She refers to this period of media transition as a sort-of industrial revolution, and I completely agree with her. So much is changing in the industry and while at the moment it is in flux, the final product will, hopefully, result in more nuanced journalism. New news-gathering techniques and the increasing ability of consumers to produce their own news will result in more news content; the question remains though, will the final news product be better?

This is where the 'professional' media and citizen journalism intersect. As we see right now, there are many competing voices in the media, often coming from people not directly employed by a media company. Ms. Brown thinks that the new media landscape will result in better journalism but unless a model is devised allowing the most reputable journalistic voices to succeed and get paid, journalism will continue to waver between a credible new source and subjective noise. 

Next week I'll explore the current definition of journalism and offer my thoughts on how that definition needs to evolve. Until then though, check out this video clip and ponder what journalism is and will be in the future.