If people long to create a better world, then we must use our platform to nurture imagination - hopeful ideas, fresh alternatives, belief that the way things are isn't the way things need to be.
Katharine VinerRead
A newspaper is complete. It is finished, sure of itself, certain. By contrast, digital news is constantly updated, improved upon, changed, moved, developed - an ongoing conversation and collaboration. It is living, evolving, limitless, relentless.
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What this quote means
This quote contrasts the static nature of newspapers with the dynamic nature of digital news.
Katharine Viner highlights the differences between traditional newspapers and digital news platforms. While newspapers present a finalized and polished version of information, digital news is described as an ever-evolving entity that continuously adapts to new information and perspectives. This encapsulates the transition from static media to interactive and collaborative news dissemination in the digital age.
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Digital NewsNewspaperMediaEvolutionTechnologyInformation
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the impact of technology on journalism during a media conference.
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