[AEJMC Newspaper Division list] AEJMC Newspaper Division list] NWSP Division Name Change?

[Fred Schiff]

>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:25:32 -0500
>To: "Wells, Richard" <rhw0003 at unt.edu>
>From: Fred Schiff <fschiff at uh.edu>
>Subject: RE: [AEJMC Newspaper Division list] NWSP Division Name Change?
>
>Here, here.  Dick has it right.
>
>We need to realize that organizational and 
>market survival is a bigger game.  I've spent 
>lots of time as a reporter in Latin America, the 
>Middle East, North Africa and Western 
>Europe.  Newspapers are the primary content 
>producers of the news.  NOTHING is ever going to 
>replace newspaper newsrooms even if they get 
>renamed and use multiple platforms.
>
>As one very smart publisher told me, the trouble 
>in the railroads was they thought they were in 
>the railroad business when they were really in 
>the transportation business.  He said newspapers 
>are not going to make that mistake because they 
>realize they're in the non-fiction communication business.
>
>Cheers,
>Fred
>
>At 06:15 PM 7/29/2010, you wrote:
>>Dear folks,
>>
>>I, too, agree with those who support keeping 
>>newspaper as name of division.  Also, I second 
>>Fred's and other's rooting for newspapers to 
>>remain as the primary source of fair news as 
>>has been so for a long time.  Tracy is correct.
>>
>>May I add that in my recent travels in Eastern 
>>Europe and other places I find that newspapers 
>>carry huge weight in many cultures and that 
>>folks with whom I work in those places just 
>>assume that U.S. newspapers remain the most 
>>credible source of fair reporting of their issues in U.S. media.
>>
>>Regards, Dick Wells
>>Retired prof from North Texas
>>________________________________________
>>From: news-list-bounces at aejmc.net 
>>[news-list-bounces at aejmc.net] On Behalf Of Fred Schiff [fschiff at uh.edu]
>>Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 12:53 AM
>>To: Heloiza at journalism.com; 'Tracy Everbach'; 
>>news-list at aejmc.net; 'Bill Cassidy'
>>Subject: Re: [AEJMC Newspaper Division list] NWSP Division Name Change?
>>
>>I agree with Tracy and Heloiza,
>>
>>Personally, I'm still rooting for the newspaper 
>>companies to come out on top and end up as the 
>>surviving parent owners of the most popular 
>>online news sites.  Content producers still rule.
>>
>>Fred
>>
>>
>>
>>At 11:40 AM 7/28/2010, Heloiza Herscovitz wrote:
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>>I totally agree with Tracy.
>>
>>*****************
>>Heloiza G. Herscovitz , Ph.D
>>Associate Professor
>>(562) 985-5667
>>hherscov at csulb.edu<mailto:hherscov at csulb.edu%20/> 
>>/ 
>>http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/journalism/people/herscovitz.htm
>>Journalism Department, CSULB
>>1250 Bellflower Blvd.  SS/PA- 009
>>Long Beach, California  90840-4601
>>
>>
>>
>>From: news-list-bounces at aejmc.net [ 
>>mailto:news-list-bounces at aejmc.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Everbach
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:02 AM
>>To: news-list at aejmc.net; Bill Cassidy
>>Subject: Re: [AEJMC Newspaper Division list] NWSP Division Name Change?
>>
>>My two cents: a newspaper is a newspaper, 
>>whether it is online or on paper. I think we should keep the name.
>>
>>Now argue away.
>>
>>
>>Tracy Everbach
>>Assistant professor of journalism
>>University of North Texas
>>214-995-8464-cell
>>
>>--- On Mon, 7/26/10, Bill Cassidy <bcassidy at niu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>From: Bill Cassidy <bcassidy at niu.edu>
>>Subject: [AEJMC Newspaper Division list] NWSP Division Name Change?
>>To: news-list at aejmc.net
>>Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 2:33 PM
>>
>>
>>Hello Everyone,
>>
>>This is Bill Cassidy, the current Head of the Newspaper Division.
>>
>>With the convention close at hand, I wanted to 
>>look into reviving discussion about a potential 
>>change to the division’s name.
>>
>>As I’m sure you recall, when this issue first 
>>came up a couple of years ago, the discussion 
>>was lively and it seemed that those who 
>>participated had strong feelings. But 
>>ultimately, no action was taken by division 
>>leadership because the opinions expressed were very mixed.
>>
>>I brought up the subject again in the 
>>Winter/Spring 2010 issue of LeadTime, the 
>>division’s newsletter, in the hope of coming 
>>to some kind of definitive answer on whether or 
>>not the division's name should be changed. I 
>>invited folks to post comments on the division’s blog.
>>
>>The response was tepid, to say the least, and 
>>I’m not sure why. So, I thought I would give 
>>it one more shot before the convention in an 
>>attempt to get some sense from the division 
>>membership of how we should proceed.
>>
>>Should the division’s name be changed? If so, 
>>why, and to what? If not, why?
>>
>>I know we’ve been through this before. But, 
>>your responses will give us valuable information.
>>
>>The 2008 discussion about a potential name 
>>change is available for review on the Newspaper 
>>Division web site (http://aejmc.net/newspaper) 
>>and my more recent column is available on the 
>>division’s blog (http://aejmc.net/news).
>>
>>Feel free to comment on either the blog or this 
>>list serv. Please note that posting comments on 
>>the list serv requires approval. So, there may 
>>be some lag time before comments are posted.
>>
>>Thanks very much. I look forward to seeing you in Denver.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>__________________________
>>
>>Bill Cassidy, Ph.D.
>>Associate Professor
>>Department of Communication
>>Northern Illinois University
>>DeKalb, IL 60115
>>(815) 753-7005
>>bcassidy at niu.edu
>>
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