Washington Post, Boston Globe Sales: Lessons for Higher Ed
The sale of the Washington Post to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is a tale of the consequences of disruptive change with clear lessons for change in higher education.
A government without newspapers is tyranny. We the People must do more to reinvigorate the role of a free and vibrant press to support accountability in government and sustain our rights and freedoms.
The Pulitzer Prizes remind us of the absolute importance of freedom of the press to preserve our free society.
Trinity students, faculty and staff are definitely skeptical of all news and know that good research and independent thinking are key to keeping democracy vital. And there’s a big generation gap when it comes to choosing newspapers, television or social media as the favored news source.
The sale of the Washington Post to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is a tale of the consequences of disruptive change with clear lessons for change in higher education.