Yes -- though I increasingly think it's not even the substance "takes" that matter so much as the regularity of a particular voice and perspective. At some point my job is probably closer to "YouTuber for Gen X/Elder Millennials" than it is to "reporter" (in the same way that David Brooks and Tom Friedman's job is, more or less, YouTuber…
Yes -- though I increasingly think it's not even the substance "takes" that matter so much as the regularity of a particular voice and perspective. At some point my job is probably closer to "YouTuber for Gen X/Elder Millennials" than it is to "reporter" (in the same way that David Brooks and Tom Friedman's job is, more or less, YouTuber for Boomers). I shouldn't say this out loud but siloed individual newsletters/channels/streams is almost certainly a dead end for good reporting -- seems like what would work better is packaging up a lot of reporting with columnizing with criticism in, I don't know, a daily or weekly format, for a subscription fee subsidized by ads. Hmm.
Yes -- though I increasingly think it's not even the substance "takes" that matter so much as the regularity of a particular voice and perspective. At some point my job is probably closer to "YouTuber for Gen X/Elder Millennials" than it is to "reporter" (in the same way that David Brooks and Tom Friedman's job is, more or less, YouTuber for Boomers). I shouldn't say this out loud but siloed individual newsletters/channels/streams is almost certainly a dead end for good reporting -- seems like what would work better is packaging up a lot of reporting with columnizing with criticism in, I don't know, a daily or weekly format, for a subscription fee subsidized by ads. Hmm.