’60 Minutes’ to explore digital evolution of ‘Times-Picayune’ on Sunday

On Sunday, CBS’s 60 Minutes will air a story on the declining nature of print journalism by highlighting the transformation that has taken place at The Times-Picayune since the New Orleans newspaper scaled back its print publication schedule in October and increased emphasis on its online product. The story, titled “The Paper” and reported by veteran journalist Morley Safer, is slated to air at 6 p.m. In a preview of the story CBS released on Thursday, 60 Minutes says the new business model the New Orleans newspaper is experimenting with will be “a fate many more newspapers face as the Internet becomes the source of almost instantaneous news.” In a post Thursday, Times-Picayune columnist Dave Walker says Safer visited New Orleans in September to do interviews for the segment, shooting footage inside the newspaper’s Howard Avenue newsroom and production facility. Among those interviewed for the story were Mayor Mitch Landrieu, editor Jim Amoss and former newspaper columnist Lolis Eric Elie. You can check out a video preview of the broadcast at the 60 Minutes website here.