The Conversation

The Conversation

A very honest column in the New York Times by David Carr. He writes about the daily worry amongst newspaper reporters and editors whether they can finish their careers in their profession. Carr writes: “I think that quality newspapers could go on for years and attract a very solid readership, but you have an industry with problems that is still struggling to be among the most profitable in the country,” said Mr. Roberts, the former editor of The Inquirer (and a former managing editor at The New York Times) … “there used to be a dozen ways to measure success in our business and now there is only one.”