Speaker: Ben Marrison, editor, Columbus Dispatch
Posted by Michael Blackwell
on Sep 27, 2012
In one of our most engaging of recent speaker events, we heard from Ben Marrison, editor of what can only be called a great (if compared to anywhere else in Ohio) hometown newspaper, The Columbus Dispatch. The Dispatch is working on a new format, and Ben told us about the reason for the change and how the paper hopes to serve Central Ohio even better as a news source in the future.
In this clip (click if viewing in email), our own Sue Burness introduces Ben, sets the theme, and tells us of his background and credentials.
In this video, Ben tells us how he knows Urban and how he has lost hair and weight in creating the new Dispatch format.
Here (click if viewing in email), Ben explains the advantages the new format offers for the paper.
In this video, Ben explains some of the specific changes (and continuities) we will see in the new Dispatch.
Here Ben explains some additional content that we'll see in the new format, including news we've generally never seen before, and how the new format is likely to be copied by other news organizations across the country.
Ben also fielded some tough questions from Rotarians. Here, he discusses why the new size has was chosen and what the Dispatch does about video content.
Ben's sense of humor and joy in his work clearly come through. If newspapers will continue, providing a truly accountable source of information in an age when so much "news" is merely a cover for sensationalism and barely disguised political shilling for the corporation paying for the programming, we are fortunate to have Ben and those like hiom who stil view giving the news as a high calling, worthy of Rotary's challenge of 4 Principles.
In this clip (click if viewing in email), our own Sue Burness introduces Ben, sets the theme, and tells us of his background and credentials.
In this video, Ben tells us how he knows Urban and how he has lost hair and weight in creating the new Dispatch format.
Here (click if viewing in email), Ben explains the advantages the new format offers for the paper.
In this video, Ben explains some of the specific changes (and continuities) we will see in the new Dispatch.
Here Ben explains some additional content that we'll see in the new format, including news we've generally never seen before, and how the new format is likely to be copied by other news organizations across the country.
Ben also fielded some tough questions from Rotarians. Here, he discusses why the new size has was chosen and what the Dispatch does about video content.
Ben's sense of humor and joy in his work clearly come through. If newspapers will continue, providing a truly accountable source of information in an age when so much "news" is merely a cover for sensationalism and barely disguised political shilling for the corporation paying for the programming, we are fortunate to have Ben and those like hiom who stil view giving the news as a high calling, worthy of Rotary's challenge of 4 Principles.