What’s NEXT?
Local media is in crisis, and we’re not going to pretend otherwise. It’s time to come together and develop real solutions for New England journalism. There are many places to go for national information on new media, but this is the place where we keep it local.
Boston MediaNEXT will be more than a blog about news. This is the starting point for discussion. We will have a wiki, a Facebook group, a Twitter account and take advantage of the social media tools available to us to build a community. We’ll look for meetups and Tweetups to give us a little F2F time. We want to hear about what works. We’re in this together.
We believe there is a place for professional journalists in new media. We don’t bemoan the changes or wish things would go back to where they were. We are passionate about covering Boston-area news and want to see a new, native model come to the forefront.
We just don’t know what that is, exactly.
But, with you, we’re going to figure it out.
In the upcoming days and weeks, we will be providing more information on Boston MediaNEXT. For now, we simply ask that you spread the word that we’re here and comment on what you’d like to see discussed.
Our goal: nothing short of redefining Boston news.
I like the idea of this. Since I am training the next generation of media journalists, and yes a few talking heads too, I look forward to watching the next 18 months of change in our industry.
Best of luck
JY