Roger Fidler delivered a public thank-you to Steve Jobs Friday during his keynote speech at the Society of News Design annual conference this morning.
Fidler, who is the program director for digital publishing at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at Missouri University, said Jobs validated his prediction about the future of e-readers back in 1981. Fidler faced great skepticism back then when he forecasted the future of journalism was in e-readers. When Jobs released the iPad last year, no one was happier than Fidler.
“ Since the iPad debut, I have gotten dozens of calls of congratulation from people who said my nutball idea came true,” Fidler told a packed ballroom of journalists this morning. “But I won’t feel vindicated until more news organizations are producing compelling news reports (on e-readers) with good design.”
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