Dear Sakshi,
I had sent you this communication when you took on your new role:
I made this comment on your post and it never got published. And there are no other comments either. One way you can ensure that people pay less and less attention to your paper is if you ignore and disrespect your readers or don’t interact at all with them. If you are really looking for ways to revive people’s interest in journalism and journalists, keep that in mind.
P.S. In the event you would prefer such feedback be sent to you privately, just me know and I will be happy to do so.
Congrats on your new position and best wishes for a successful tenure as Editor-in-Chief!
With respect to your question “Would people even care if our industry quietly faded into nothing?” my response is in this era of “fake news” and spin, people are yearning for reporting which is unbiased and covers a story from all angles. Rarely do we see that nowadays with the so-called journalists wanting to add their spin to every story they write. So if your paper under your leadership provides unvarnished facts such that people begin to trust in your reporting, you and your paper will thrive. On the other hand, if you cherry pick facts to reach some predetermined conclusions, then eventually people will see through it and your readership will dwindle to just the hard-core ideologues who agree with your point of view.
So give this some thought – and to show that you do actually care for other points of view, I hope you will publish this comment.