Saturday, June 16, 2007

Hard news question

Any input for me on this student-question posted previously??

"A question arose about whether the platform the students are envisioning needs to focus primarily on "hard news" topics. I know they can develop "entertainment-oriented" ways of delivering news and info, but are there parameters on the actual content being "harder" rather than softer news? I didn't think so, but wanted to check in with you all.

Many thanks,
MB

2 comments:

Charlotte-Anne said...

I sure am not aware of any "hard news" vs "soft news" parameters. It sounded to me like just "news" and that cuts a pretty broad swath...

Kim Gregson said...

that was my understanding too - news defined broadly for a community also defined broadly.