A Look at Newspapers 2017

Newspapers of the future won't be found on the Internet, under a prototype for the future suggested by Tim O'Briant, news director of the Aiken (S.C.) Standard.  Instead, they would be available by subscription across a proprietary satellite-based communications network.  O'Briant outlined his "think outside the box" vision in a contest entry that earned him a $2,000 cash prize in the Newspaper of the Future contest, sponsored by SNPA's Readership Committee.

The contest required people to submit their vision of what newspapers would look like in 10 years.  They were asked to think about innovations that would sustain and nurture newspapers - or reinvent them - and how newspapers in 2017 would connect and engage readers and broader audiences in communities by redefining local news and the roles journalists play.

Newspapers 2017 is a radical look at what news gathering and distribution organizations might look like in the not-too-distant future. The video is thought provoking and challenges publishers to get serious about considering how modern technology might be used to reinvent the business of news.

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