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A View from a Different Angle: Journalism, Law, Children & the Internet

Changes are occurring in the practice law like they are in the field of journalism and elsewhere as a result of the ubiquitous Internet that have application to the practice of law, other endeavors and to our children and future generations.

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I just read an interview with an award winning photojournalist and journalism school professor who was laid off by the Chicago Sun-Times in the newspaper’s scramble to respond to the threat of Internet competition. The interview can be read at the Daily Dot. The situation and many of the statements made in the interview struck a chord with me that I will attempt to play out in a different direction below.

I am an attorney. Changes are occurring in the practice law like they are in the field of journalism and elsewhere as a result of the ubiquitous Internet. The layoff of all of the photographers at the Sun-Times exposes a deeper root growing out of the burgeoning success of the Internet that I want to explore. It has application to the practice of law, and it has application to our children and future generations. Continue reading “A View from a Different Angle: Journalism, Law, Children & the Internet” →