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If you’re reading this post on your phone, you’re part of a growing trend of how news is delivered.
The New York Times has a story today that tells us that “although almost 90 percent of households in the United States now have a cellphone, the growth in voice minutes used by consumers has stagnated, according to government and industry data.”
In other words, people are calling less but texting, Tweeting, surfing — and, yes, reading news stories — more on their phones, which is changing how news outlets are delivering news to readers, viewers and listeners.
It’s a trend that’s been growing the past few years. For example, Facebook and Twitter both have applications for mobile phones, and more and more people are getting news through those two social networking sites, thanks to users’ ability to post news stories on those sites.
In fact, some tech commentators have said for some time that tech innovation is pushing more and more toward the Smart phone, or some future version of it, becoming the universal platform.
At least one news hound doesn’t mind the revolution in how news is delivered.
I recently had the chance to speak with Jim Lehrer of PBS’ News Hour when he was in Albuquerque. And he told me that he doesn’t care how viewers watch his show –on TV, the computer, a mobile phone — as long as the journalistic standards that make his show a go-to source of news — those are my words, not his — stay in place.
I totally agree with him.
All that said, thanks to all of you who are reading this post on your computer.
