Crystal Ball debates between political media spokes persons
When 1.500 journalists and media people get together and look into a crystal ball - what do they see? I'm still wondering, and I spent two days in Odense for the Danish Media Festival 2008. I will fill you in about events in the days to come. For now it's just the headlines.It wasn't for lack of programme options to choose from, with media professors giving lectures, journalists giving talks, and politicians giving debates. Should the Danish television channel of TV2 continue to be fully privatized, or partly subsidized by license fees? The political media spokes persons mostly looked at each other for answers, if not looking down and away. Is the future of the omnibus newspaper desolate, or will the niche publications save the day? The media researchers agreed to disagree. And finally journalists had the chance to do what they do best: interview each other. Yes, I enjoyed every moment of it. But paradoxically I was none the wiser afterwards. A bit like reading the daily newspaper...