When Alan Rusbridger stepped down as Guardian editor-in-chief last year, he boasted of the ‘good shape’ he was leaving the paper in. Alas, for all his efforts it appears that some of Rusbridger’s pet projects are now falling by the wayside.
Back in 2014, the paper announced to much fanfare that they were taking the paper in a new direction. Forget multi-platform digital journalism, they were going boldly where no paper had gone before — live:
‘This is our vision: around the world, the Guardian will host and create the forums and opportunities that bring people together; to explore, debate and shape the vital intimate and global issues of our age.
From a renovated train station in King’s Cross to pop-ups in far flung global cities, we’re building platforms for Guardian readers – a bold response to the disintegrating fabric of our public realm.’
The big idea was to transform the Midland Goods Shed in Kings Cross into the ‘Guardian Shed’, or more precisely an ‘open amphitheater for festivals, acoustic gigs and debate’.
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