{"id":129,"date":"2005-10-08T15:02:59","date_gmt":"2005-10-08T23:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/?p=129"},"modified":"2016-06-14T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T23:04:18","slug":"journalism-that-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/2005\/10\/08\/journalism-that-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Journalism that Matters\u2019\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Sung to the tune of Jacob \u2019s Ladder)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are journos, getting sadder,<\/p>\n<p>As the bottom line grows badder;<\/p>\n<p>Losing readers to online chatter<\/p>\n<p>We need Journalism That Matters;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conversations, not a lecture,<\/p>\n<p>Telling stories, not conjecture;<\/p>\n<p>We know something\u2019s got to give,<\/p>\n<p>If battered journalists can live!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Master narrative, where are thee?<\/p>\n<p>Can the public join the party?<\/p>\n<p>We need hope, and joy and fun,\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Or stick a fork in us, we\u2019re done;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now we packing going home,<\/p>\n<p>Taking with us, notes in a tome,<\/p>\n<p>Will we change the world we live in?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the challenge we\u2019ve be given;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(For Best results, consume at least 2 glasses of wine prior to singing)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Sung to the tune of Jacob \u2019s Ladder) &nbsp; We are journos, getting sadder, As the bottom line grows badder; Losing readers to online chatter We need Journalism That Matters; &nbsp; Conversations, not a lecture, Telling stories, not conjecture; We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/2005\/10\/08\/journalism-that-matters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-session-notes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}