Is Glenn Greenwald the Future of News?

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 4:58pm |

By Bill Keller (former Executive Editor of the New York Times, 2003-11,) New York Times, Oct. 27, 2013

[....] Glenn Greenwald broke what is probably the year’s biggest news story, [...] He has also been an outspoken critic of the kind of journalism practiced at places like The New York Times, and an advocate of a more activist, more partisan kind of journalism. Earlier this month he announced he was joining a new journalistic venture, backed by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar, who has promised to invest $250 million and to “throw out all the old rules.” I invited Greenwald to join me in an online exchange about what, exactly, that means. [....]

Continues with a dialogue with Greenwald for seven pages.

URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/opinion/a-conversation-in-lieu-of-a-column.html?src=mb