Has journalism moved beyond storytelling?
"But if we continue to assume that our role is that of the storyteller, and to limit ourselves to that, then we risk closing ourselves off from forms of gathering and sharing information that do not end up in the form of stories, that are not structured and told."
This is Jeff Jarvis arguing that journalism has moved beyond storytelling and includes also data and community organisation.
I'm not sure I agree; maybe because my definition of storytelling is broader (see my post on "emplotment": http://www.sandbox-network.com/inspiration/the-skill-of-emplotment-or-the-rise-of-storytellers/)
I think that the essence of journalism is making sense out of data and information, and that necessarily requires some form of storytelling.
