IT’S BEEN A BRUTAL year for journalism so far. How many times have I written that sentence now? Enough that I wasn’t going to write it again, despite the headlines about how the current troubles in the news business represent an “extinction-level event” for our profession.
But then I saw the interview with Sir William Lewis, the new CEO of the Washington Post, whom media columnist and entrepreneur Ben Smith describes as “a relentlessly charming Brit whose uniform is sleek sweaters and expensive-looking sneakers.” You get the vibe.
