Chief Complaint of “Old School” Newspaper Reporters is Video, Politico’s Dylan Byers

Chief Complaint of “Old School” Newspaper Reporters is Video, Politico’s Dylan Byers
At issue is the feeling of some journalists that newspapers are becoming too much like television. Andy Plesser While some journalists, video is the future says Byers.
AUSTIN — As video is becoming a central editorial and business focus for news organizations including The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, it is not finding favor with "old school" reporters at these organizations who cite it as their chief "complaint," says Dylan Byers, media reporter for Politico in this interview with Beet.TV at SXSW. He also speaks about Twitter fame and self-promotion, and the worrying emergence of sponsored content by news organizations. In unrelated news, today Politico announced the growth of its professional subsription business and print expansion.