Asked whether he sees any reason for optimism, Hill says, “I don’t mean to go all Shirley Temple, but you can’t afford to be depressed for too long. If we’re comparing things to how they were in 1999, we’re doomed. The people who are going to be here, we’ve got to look at what are we doing, how can we do it better — either in print or over the [computer] screen.
“It’s hard and it’s a challenge. We were hired because we’re creative and imaginative people.” Yet if anyone’s going to find a path for sustaining journalism, Hill says, it’s got to be the people in the news business, adding, “We just don’t have the time to sulk on this.”
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