http://www.cyrillicpartners.com/2008/03/29/the-reporter-problem/ An Economics Blog by Volha Baranava and Alexander Haislip Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://www.cyrillicpartners.com/2008/03/29/the-reporter-problem/#comment-68 sboriss Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:13:19 +0000 http://www.cyrillicpartners.com/2008/03/29/the-reporter-problem/#comment-68 Alex, Thanks for reading my article. The function you are describing in your last paragraph I would call "aggregating," not "reporting." And I believe that aggregating is a necessary middleman function, per my quote that appears in your first paragraph. Keeping these terms pure is important for understanding my arguments. Here's one where you mixed terms, still attributed it to me, and it threw you off: "namely that a journalist’s job is to transfer a record of an event to an audience that cares about it." Note that you've substituted the word "journalist" for "reporter." I never defined "journalist," but you seem to have defined it as an amalgam of a reporter, aggregator, and editor, which I did not. I enjoyed reading your blog. Keep up the good work! Alex, Thanks for reading my article. The function you are describing in your last paragraph I would call “aggregating,” not “reporting.” And I believe that aggregating is a necessary middleman function, per my quote that appears in your first paragraph. Keeping these terms pure is important for understanding my arguments. Here’s one where you mixed terms, still attributed it to me, and it threw you off: “namely that a journalist’s job is to transfer a record of an event to an audience that cares about it.” Note that you’ve substituted the word “journalist” for “reporter.” I never defined “journalist,” but you seem to have defined it as an amalgam of a reporter, aggregator, and editor, which I did not. I enjoyed reading your blog. Keep up the good work!

]]> http://www.cyrillicpartners.com/2008/03/29/the-reporter-problem/#comment-66 Cyrillic Partners » Too Much Info Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:33:25 +0000 http://www.cyrillicpartners.com/2008/03/29/the-reporter-problem/#comment-66 [...] compete with these focused outlets? Is this even the proper role for a journalist or editor? I recently wrote on this, but am starting to wonder about [...] […] compete with these focused outlets? Is this even the proper role for a journalist or editor? I recently wrote on this, but am starting to wonder about […]

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