Arianna Huffington reminds in her Huffington Post “the future of journalism is not dependent upon the future of newspapers.” She says the pay walls protecting content are down and journalism must rely on search engines, online advertising, citizen journalism and foundation support to go forward.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Across the Finish Line-June 2009
Bob Sinclair, retired popular auto executive, most recently as head of SAAB in the U.S.
The Road Ahead 06-2009
Increasingly journalists are being pushed to the web where the good, bad and indifferent are mixed in a growing profusion of auto sites and blogs and the multitude of sources and torrent of words dilute the perceived (and dollar) value of a writer’s words.
The Tom-Tom Gary Grant
Gary Grant speaks up for the new media in this month’s Tom-Tom. He grew up around auto racing and spent 23 years on the retail and repair side of the industry. His automotive media work began in Toronto in 2002 as radio show’s Toronto guest host. He began TheGarageblog.com in 2005.
Autowriters Spotlight – Camilo Alfaro
“It wasn’t easy selling automotive ads to a dealer prior to the Census. Their idea of Hispanics was that they all washed dishes in the back of a restaurant or mowed lawns for a living, so a lot of educating had to be done back then.” Camilo Alfaro