Terry Schwadron has been watching the evolution of journalism since he was first hired as a reporter at the Providence Journal in 1971. He's lived the changes as a senior editor and eventually deputy managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, and then as a senior editor for some 17 years at the New York Times., where he directed News Technology for 1,200 reporters, editors, photographers, and web producers.. "Retired," he writes frequently  for various publications about current events.