Twelfth Lecture: Page One (Film)

Page One Trailer:

For the lecture today, we watched the documentary Page One. Page One follows a few of the New York Times reporters for a year observing their daily lives in the newspaper industry. Traditional journalism such as newspapers are going bankrupt and jobs are being lost because of the uprising in social media and blogging. However, the New York Times are not going down without a fight. 

The main individuals who are followed is columnist David Carr, editor Bruce Headlam, and social media fanatic Brian Stelter. David Carr is heavily featured in the documentary for being a very interesting character in the business. He comes with a past and doesn't let that stop him from doing what he loves, it is a very inspiring story for people who don't have their lives together. Gives them some hope that maybe they can get out of the gutter and follow their passions too. David Carr is not a big fan of social media such as twitter and blogs; he is an old fashion guy and not ready for the new media era.

It is a very interesting film and I very much recommend it to people who want to know what goes on in traditional journalism or feel they have a career in it. It really opened my eyes to what I want to do in live and that is to make people aware of the world and the people around them. Human beings are a selfish bunch and we tend to only look out for our own. I would like to help and change that.