Leggi l’articolo che ho scritto per Valigia Blu.

In the West, social media has arrived at a time of cri­sis for tra­di­tion­al news­pa­pers. In India, news­pa­per cir­cu­la­tion and adver­tis­ing rev­enue are grow­ing. At a time when print is still quite prof­itable, what role can social media play in India’s jour­nal­ism?

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Newspapers will start to taper off writing editorials. They’ll find that they can be a leader in their communities by engaging audiences, moderating forums, holding events and curating round table discussion — while avoiding the pitfall of alienating a significant percentage of their audience by telling people what to think.

I definitely agree with this statement by Mark Katches (the editorial director for the Center for Investigative Reporting), which appeared in the predictions for journalism in 2013, a series by the Nieman Journalism Lab.