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Moving Forward, Investigative Journalists Need To Train Themselves To Be Media Amphibians - Just As Comfortable With The Classic Verities Of Great Journalism As They Are With Video, Twitter, Facebook, And, Most Importantly, Citizen Journalism.

What Won't Work - What Can't Work - Is To Act Like The Last Years Never Happened, And That The Survival Of The [mass Media] Industry Will Be Found By Hiding Content Behind Walled Gardens. Instead Of Sticking Their Finger In The Dike, Trying To Hold Back The Flow Of Innovation, Companies Need To Ride The Rapids Of Progress And Seize The Opportunities It Provides.

I Usually Start With A Big Question, Such As Whether People Today Are Happier Than In The Past, Or Why Men Have Dominated Women In Most Human Societies. And Then I Follow The Question Instead Of Trying To Follow My Own Answer, Even If It Means I Can't Formulate Any Clear Theory.

Failure Is A Stepping Stone To Success.

For A Hot-shot Ceo Taking Over A Troubled Company, Mass Firings Are The Ultimate Quick Fix, The Accounting Equivalent Of Crack: Cheap, Easy To Score, Instantly Gratifying, And Highly Addictive.