Page One: Inside The New York Times

The last tutorial for the semester had a rather small turnout (I think an assignment was due that day). That didn't matter however, we watched a documentary by Andrew Rossi about The New York Times. 

I found that the documentary actually to the heart of what we look at during the end of every JOUR1111 lecture, 'how will *insert media topic here* survive?.' In the case of this documentary, how will newspapers survive if 'free' online news continues to dominate the industry.  Page One shows how the New York Times has responded to this impending crisis by building partnerships with online-based organisations. While this was all well and good, there was no escaping the few hundred people they laid off due to budget cuts.

The film briefly touched on a couple of the most recent NYT scandals including Jayson Blair's plagiarism and Judith Miller's bias and uncritical reporting on the US Government's pursuit to uncover 'supposed' Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Overall it was actually pretty interesting to see how such a huge corporation is dealing with financial difficulties and trying to reinvigorate a flailing industry. I would definitely recommend the documentary to anyone remotely interested in the media.