Jeff Jarvis
When one indulges in this kind of nostalgia, it's time to retire.
Newsrooms were journalism's greatest mechanism of exclusion: 'We're in. You're not.' Good riddance....
Dowd, of course...
Requiem for the Newsroom https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/opinion/journalism-newsroom.html?smid=tw-share
Opinion | Requiem for the Newsroom

Nobody’s going to make a movie about reporters at home with their cursors.

The New York Times
Apr 29, 2023 at 12:01pmWeb
Show threadTim PalmerApr 29, 2023
@jeffjarvis
Dowd has been signaling for years it was time for her to retire. But you're right, this is especially dim witted.
Show threadMatthew NadlerApr 29, 2023
@jeffjarvis Working at home has its advantages, but I remember the camaraderie of the newsroom copy desk fondly, especially the times when it was really late and we would start singing “Always Look on her Bright Side of Life” as we neared deadline.
Show threadDan KennedyApr 29, 2023
@matthewmuses @jeffjarvis I have a hard time working at home. I lost my office during my most recent sabbatical and struggled to write. Once I got it back, I was much happier and more productive.
Show threadMatthew NadlerApr 29, 2023
@dankennedy_nu @jeffjarvis
I manage, but it's easy to get distracted. Another disadvantage is that there's no longer a fixed place readers can find me.
Show threadDan KennedyApr 29, 2023

@matthewmuses @jeffjarvis I've been very surprised that a few of the hyperlocal news outlets I've covered have downtown offices that are inaccessible with no real public presence, because it was cheap. I mean, why bother?

I can generally work at home fairly productively until early afternoon. At that point, it feels like playtime. I guess I never grew up. On campus, though, I can keep going.

Show thread[email protected]Apr 30, 2023
@jeffjarvis I discovered the newsroom of The Tennessean in Nashville 20 years ago when they hired me as a researcher archivist, and was there until 10% of us were laid off right after the 2008 elections. That newsroom wasn't really closed. It was central and you could meet anybody and everybody in it. Downstairs was the cafeteria and the *actual press* you could see through the glass wall in the cafeteria. Our kids who often came to work during snow days watched the press always. From the creation of Metro Nashville to the dismantling of the press and destruction of the building, the Tennessean was the beating heart of the city and the surroundings. Seigenthaler, Halberstam... so many others. The destruction of it all by Gannett destroyed the heart of that Nashville.