I have blogged three times recently about the questions about whether and how storytelling will survive and thrive as journalism grows more digital (I say yes).
Katharine Hansen has joined that conversation with an interesting take (linking to one of my earlier posts on the topic) that I call to your attention:
Blogs … are wonderful venues for storytelling, providing a storied outlet for both writers and readers that didn’t exist 15 years ago. And while storytelling on Facebook may be flawed, millions more people are telling and reading stories than did before the age of social media.
Melanie White didn’t write the above passage; I did, but I can see why you’d make the error. I quoted Melanie in my blog entry, and since my quote from her was the last one in the entry, it looked as though the entire entry was authored by Melanie. My original blog entry appears here: http://astoriedcareer.com/2009/11/is-the-internet-killing-or-nou.html
Thanks for the correction, Katharine. Yes, I didn’t (and don’t) see your name on the linked piece. When I decided to blog about it, I looked for an author’s name, saw nothing on the top or in the rail and noted her name at the bottom and forgot you were just citing her as the author of one of the passages. I apologize for the error. Thanks for clarifying and adding the original link.