The blogger who goes by the moniker of Brooklyn Beat over at Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn has an interesting piece about Park Slope's Steven Berlin Johnson, who, like so many hipsters, music afficionados and techie philosophers is at SXSW in Austin, Texas this week. That's South by Southwest for those who don't know.
at the South by Southwest Festival, said, according to Breitbart news,
that "Newspapers are dying but journalism is evolving."
Steven
Johnson equated newspapers to old growth forests, saying that under the
canopy of that aged ecosystem blogging, citizen journalism, Twittering
and other Internet-age information sharing is taking root.
"I'm
bullish on the future of news," Johnson said. "Newspapers are dying but
journalism is evolving, an acclaimed science writer told a gathering of
the techno-hip at South By South West Interactive Festival on Friday.
Johnson equated newspapers to old growth forests, saying that under the
canopy of that aged ecosystem blogging, citizen journalism, Twittering
and other Internet-age information sharing is taking root.
Brooklyn Beat also has some great photos of Salman Rushdie speaking at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights last week.