Thursday, March 26, 2009

A new path

Imagine a bleak future where news articles are compiled not by humans, but by highly-complex algorithms.

This was the bleak future painted by Robin Sloan in his short film "EPIC", which envisioned a future without traditional news

Robin Sloan, a 2002 MSU graduate, exemplifies the type of new thinking required in the rapidly changing field of journalism.

Sloan, the VP of strategy at Current_, a cable news channel aimed at young adults, explained how the future of journalism lies in start-up companies.

Sloan believes small, start-up companies will be most successful at forming the future of journalism.

"It's sorta like the difference between writing in a battleship and trying to turn it compared to driving a speed boat around".

Read more on Sloan and his views in the Friday edition of the LSJ.

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