Just an awesome, awesome interview
Valeria Maltoni, over on her Conversation Agent blog, conducts an awesome interview with the Editor-in-Chief of BusinessWeek.com over here:
"Meet the (New Media) Editor -- John Byrne, BusinessWeek"
Excellent questions, as usual, from Valeria, but I was really impressed by John's answers. The guy is thoughtful and he gets it - he understands the importance of the conversation that goes on around journalism. He also really understands the importance of the permanence that the digital medium provides and says:
The aha for me is that the most permanent and influential of all journalism today is, in fact, digital. Unlike the journalism in a magazine or newspaper that gets thrown away, digital journalism is a permanent searchable record. You can access it anywhere around the globe at anytime, whether you are at home or work, in an airport lounge in Warsaw or a cafe in Bangalore. Unlike print, it doesn’t disappear with the garbage. You can’t line a bird cage with it. Instead, digital journalism lives on forever.
Wow. Sometimes I take this progress for granted. But it wasn't that long ago that I was hearing that the online medium cheapened journalism and content. I LOVE how much people's perceptions are changing.
Glad you enjoyed. John is a very interesting person, a great listener and observer. I also thought that the nugget about digital was a treasure.
Posted by: Valeria Maltoni | October 21, 2007 at 08:11 PM