Public scholarship is a good thing, writes Michael J. MacKenzie. But too much of that good thing can undermine and "blur into substituting for paid (and trained) journalistic labour." Nobody would deny that journalism is in a fragile state. But it's not clear whether the best way forward is to continue to pay for it as we always have, just as it's not clear the best way for scholars is to focus their efforts on in-class instruction. The presumption underlying the post - everything is good the way it is - is questionable. I'd rather get scientific and other knowledge straight from the scholars, rather than through the filter of "media, advocacy organizations, policy shops, political actors."
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