Comments on: More on Heroes Con Journalism panel

By: John Shableski

John Shableski — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:37:27 +0000

Journalism should never be driven by advertising(or the fear of losing the ad revenue) Back in the day, Variety reported on everything and wrote harsh, accurate reviews. The producers of the plays and movies were compelled to advertise because EVERYONE read Variety.

If you are accurate in your reporting and faithful to a standard then your audience remains-no matter how bitter some of them are-they will remain.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:25:06 +0000

Ethan, no different then Millarworld, Jinxworld, etc.

If the place is essentially run by a pro in the industry, they’re gonna go with the pro and his company every time.

By: Heroes Con 2008 Comic Journalism Panel » Comics Worth Reading

Heroes Con 2008 Comic Journalism Panel » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:40:16 +0000

[...] Tim tried to question whether corporate-placed stories really counted as journalism, saying “it it news or publicity?”, but Matt responded, “it’s news to someone.” Heidi and Matt also agreed that it was very important to be first with a story, because that’s how you get the hits. Me, I’d rather be better, with a unique perspective or some time to reflect on importance of something that’s happened, but we’ve already established that we’re playing in two very different ballparks. (Stuart Moore nicely splits the baby in comments at Heidi’s post.) [...]

By: Ethan N.

Ethan N. — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:19:46 +0000

I give them more credit than sites like ComicBloc, which has more ass kissing going on than an IML weekend.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:10:48 +0000

I think the difference is that the things Johanna does are good, and the things Brady does are not.

By: Mike Chauvet

Mike Chauvet — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:23:17 +0000

Brady (and Jonah Weiland) have tough jobs that they do pretty well. They straddle the line between hard journalism (which if taken too far will get them blacklisted) and Wizard-like slurping.

By: Stuart Moore

Stuart Moore — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:50:13 +0000

So what this means is that there are things Matt Brady can do that Johanna can’t, and there are things Johanna can do that Matt can’t. That sounds all right to me.