During his visit last week, Mr Damish said, contrary to most, that journalism is as vibrant as ever, with a promising future. He didn't mean print, or it seems any historical form. His focus is on creating useful, potentially life-changing journalism in whatever format people want. In his case that happens to be in print and online multimedia that also borrows from broadcast news. But the fundamental commitment is to providing a service to a community that he regards as essential in a form that is in demand.
In so much as there is a clear distinction between journalism and entertainment, the only universally reasonable commitment is ethical. Today the most popular medium, television, is blurring the line between opinion, news, and pure entertainment in programing ostensibly presented as journalism. If I were to work in a newswriting position, duty one would be to follow a sort of Hypocratic oath of integrity, and trustworthy practice; the second, maybe equal duty would be to try to experiment with technology and technique to create the most cutting edge product.
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