A Commando Raid on Book Talent Or The Surge
photo by Joi Ito
Clay Shirky did a biopsy on his local paper and found (among other things)…
Only six reporters filed news stories that day because the Tribune only has six news reporters, out of a staff list of 59. Every one of them appeared in that day’s paper, with three (Ganey, Braden, and Jackson) filing two stories each.
I wonder if this rings true for many publishers? If you were to look around your office, who seating next to you is truly essential to creating books. I imagine most houses are pretty lean already. So instead of Shirky’s suggestion that reporters need to be rescued from their institutions (as-in plucked from the roof by helicopter) book professionals face a more difficult task — institutional rather than personal change.
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