LAL Live Part 2: Robert Storace + The Future of the Media Landscape (NPS May 20)

Norm is joined in the second hour by Robert Storace, staff writer at the Hartford Business Journal.  Norm begins by saying that he wants to be able to trust his eyes, but that in recent years he has become deeply suspicious of what he reads. What role does an editor play in focusing a news organization in where it goes for facts and determining what facts are?  Rob discusses the focus of the HBJ, who the readers are, what those readers want to know, and what becomes of a publication whose audience is sophisticated, including economic development, transportation, the emergence of the cannabis industry, and more.  What is the role of print? Does readership increase or decrease when a publication moves online? Rob teases his forthcoming story about the changes in the media landscape in Connecticut, which is changing dramatically. Morale is low in traditional print publications. What are we to do? Do we even need to do anything? Like, share, and subscribe. Norm is live every weekday from 12pm ET to 2pm ET on WICC600 AM. Stream Norm live at https://www.wicc600.com/#. Follow @PattisPodcast on Twitter.