Difficulties of a Transition

This week's project is quickly becoming harder to figure out than I initially thought. When I was listening to the guest speaker on Monday night, I thought the picture was pretty black and white. He was fired from the Courant and he and other disgruntled (in a good way?) ex-newsroom traditional reporters would band together and create an antidote - if you will - to the quickly growing dearth of in-depth, legitimate political news in Connecticut.

The transitions seemed like it would be smooth. Smart brains equal good output. In a few months this project would be off the ground and would slowly but steadily gain attention and become a viable enterprise.

After meeting with my group and reading/responding to our emails over the course of the week, all I can think is "boy was I wrong." This is complex stuff. Perhaps one of the reasons that the newspapers with founding dates that go back to the 19th, 18th, and 17th centuries are around is because you can't create something like them overnight.

Our group is trying though, and everyone seems to have good ideas, even if all are not in concord. Matt is spearheading the compilation of our ideas, but it seems like we are trying to combine numerous technological elements (facebook, twitter, mobile apps, etc.) while still holding onto some vestiges of the newsroom past.