25 years into the interactive era, media and politics are still stuck in outdated 20th century broadcast mode. The function of journalism has moved beyond the reporting of facts and the presenting of opinions (as the saying now goes: everyone has one of those). The mission is now about convening the audience (online, at scale) and leading it to consensus on practical solutions to our common problems. Let's meet in The Big Middle, where most Americans are.
25 years into the interactive era, media and politics are still stuck in outdated 20th century broadcast mode. The function of journalism has moved beyond the reporting of facts and the presenting of opinions (as the saying now goes: everyone has one of those). The mission is now about convening the audience (online, at scale) and leading it to consensus on practical solutions to our common problems. Let's meet in The Big Middle, where most Americans are.
Hey, as the Editor in Chief of a Washington based publication called The Dispatch, I think your choice of name is … questionable.