[LINK] Open publishing strike - editorial board resigns

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Jan writes,

> For this group of people, print still has perceived value, mostly for 
> portability. 
>
> Just sayin'...


No wish to divert important academic issues off-topic, but, Jan touches
on wider newsprint issues here for me. Namely, that I find a fundamental
difference in reading news online, and via traditional print. Simply put,
with our news-provider's increasing individualization or personalization 
of an online experience I find my online news-experience is increasingly
narrowing to a deeper coverage of a smaller field. And it's unsatisfying.

And after reading The Age newspaper, usually from cover to cover, I feel
satisfied. It's as if one is abreast of the news. I feel up-to-date, and
on-top of what the local news-experts think is the state of our universe.

But machine-chosen online news gives a never-ending, unbalanced coverage.

It does not satisfy with that feeling I am reasonably aware and informed
regarding what is indeed most important in the world locally & worldwide.   

A quality newspaper presents a 'news package' gestalt for incorporation, 
and once that's done one feels knowledgeable on many levels and ready to
face potentially hostile worlds armed with such knowledge necessary. But
after surfing the news online, where is this gestalt world understanding?
One is simply left with vague feelings that there is so much to know and
that one will never be able to read the whole internet. Its unsatisfying.

So, what's the point? Simply that I'm sure that world info-dissemination
has a long way to go yet before any final structure & format's developed.

Just sayin' ...

Cheers,
Stephen