What happened to us?

In the hundreds of interviews in the upcoming book were a couple of especially fascinating ones with Don Graham, CEO and Vijay Rajandran, Chief Digital Officer of  The Washington Post Co. Not about political coverage but how the Post has become a diversified technology company with assets like Kaplan and its on-line education, CableOne and a bunch of social media properties.

I had considered including photos in the book for the major case studies and I collected some really nice ones. In the end the publisher decided not to include them in the print version but I have been profiling them in the excerpts here. The Post sent me a still from a video they produced of Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee of Watergate fame as part of their iPad app launch.

I felt honored. No, not because of political leanings, but the Watergate coverage showcased the bravery of journalists and the amazing protection the First Amendment provides them.

Modern day authors and bloggers and journalists continue to benefit from that legacy. So, it is so disappointing to read Dan Lyons write about Hit men, click whores and paid apologists.

Seriously, is that we have come to? Are there no great stories in tech to profile? No investigations to pursue? No dragons to slay?

Here’s my offer. Every one of my book chapters and case studies deserves a longer story or book unto itself. If you are a journalist  or blogger pick one and I will be happy to send you a digital copy of that section of the book to help you get started. The table of contents is available here and in the PDF attached below.

That’s about 50 story ideas right there. Of course there are so many more. Ours is a great industry. It deserves a great fourth estate.

Download TOC The New Technology Elite