Interview with Gawker's Richard Rushfield

Media Bistro have an interesting interview with Gawker's Richard Rushfield about why he left the LA Times to become a blogger. I like Rushfield's answer about the switch from old to new media. He says, "the switch is invigorating. This is where the conversation is."

I think it illustrates two important points we have covered in class. One being that working for an independent media outlet is more than just a job, it can be a saisfying, rewarding career that you actually enjoy doing. The other is that new media is about a two-way flow of information, not just about feeding people the news.

Rushfield adds:

"here were so many times when you'd write a wonderful article for the LATimes, or break some news and it would just be met by the sound of crickets. When you are at the LAT you're at a place where even the website isn't in the central flow of the nation's cultural conversation. But at Gawker one is very much in and a part of that conversation and as one who is writing, in part at least to communicate, that's where you want to be."

Rushfield also talks about his new book, Don't Follow Me I'm Lost. To read the rest of the interview click here.