Problem solving journalism

THE FIRST blog for 2014 may be a good time to suggest once again that we need to change the way we do journalism. This is not the first time I have echoed the call heard in other press communities to re-think and revise the notions of news, of re-inventing the practice. Communication has submitted to revolutionary change. The staple of “bad news” now reflects such complex problems that the news formats and the practice designed for reporters on the clock can no longer serve. The changing environment also mandates a different approach to news, expanding on the basics of the “who”, “what”, “when”, and “where” and forcing more work on the “why” or “how.”