Rosen Interviews Harris

PressThink’s Jay Rosen sits down with John Harris:

Journalistically, Jim VandeHei and I are placing a bet. We believe that if we assemble a group of reporters and editors–some young people and some in mid-career–with energy and talent, then create a work environment where ideas are nurtured and sharpened, we’ll have the essential elements of a very interesting publication. Robert Allbritton, the publisher of our enterprise, believes in this bet and has made clear he is willing to support it. Again, the key is trying to create a collection of journalists who have distinctive signatures–by virtue of their personalities or source networks or ability to connect the dots in illuminating ways. The reordering of the media universe because of the Web has created opportunities for journalists of this sort that did not exist in an organization-driven age.

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