{"id":4280,"date":"2009-05-29T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/marc-fishers-final-column.html"},"modified":"2009-05-29T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T18:00:00","slug":"marc-fishers-final-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/05\/marc-fishers-final-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Fisher&#8217;s final column"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">MARC FISHER: <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/\"><b>After 1,250 Columns, the End<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Fisher is moving on to an Metro editor position:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are a million stories in the naked city, someone once said, and I told 1,250 of them here, and another 1,200 on the blog. I heard from readers 250,000 times and I tried to respond to all of them. I could stay on this road for years to come, I love it so. But this path feels worn and familiar, and the challenge now is to hack out a new one.<\/p>\n<p>Newspapers are in a fight to survive, desperately searching for new ways to reflect the world to an audience that is less trusting, more distracted and diffuse. For many people now, digital connections seem to trump geography as the central definition of home. But those electronic ties don&#8217;t fulfill all our needs. Where we live still matters. Starting next month, I&#8217;ll be putting together a group of writers whose job it will be to tell the truths of Washington in compelling and essential ways, combining traditional storytelling with new forms that involve and engage the people who live here. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sounds like it is worth a shot. 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