#21stcenturyjournalism

MsTerryGal

How can good journalism prevail in today's social-network society?
Is there a future for journalism as a profession? How can online publications make money?

tommy21

MsTerryGal wrote: »

How can good journalism prevail in today's social-network society?
Is there a future for journalism as a profession? How can online publications make money?

The real question is how can you get your essay done in time?!

Amirani

MsTerryGal wrote: »

How can good journalism prevail in today's social-network society?
Is there a future for journalism as a profession? How can online publications make money?

In much the same way they always have. Advertisements will become more important however some will still attempt to recreate the subscription service online. Good journalism is still in demand. **** journalism has been replaced by twitter and stuff so it will no longer be needed.

Ask yourself the question, how are google/facebook so rich when they don't charge for their service?

DoireNod

One thing that has changed, to my mind, is the nature of an "exclusive".
By the time something is published (online or print), it is no longer an exclusive. Leaks and rumours spread like wildfire through the net in a way that was (almost) impossible before.

outandabout

How can good journalism prevail in today's social-network society?
Is there a future for journalism as a profession? How can online publications make money?
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Print is not dead and can co-exist with online. Online publications can only make serious money if they replace existing print newspapers or magazines.

In other words, if the Irish Times announced they were scrapping the print edition completely, there would be more traffic to their online offerings.

tommy21

"Good" journalism needs to be defined. If you are talking about hard-hitting, investigative journalism, then this is under fierce assault - namely by a combination of reduced time and resources due to the rise of new media, as well as by a rapidly closing marketplace where hundreds of media platforms, from newspapers and radio stations to publishing companies and even cinemas, are owned by a handful of individuals or the conglomerates they head up, whose primary interest is profit, not public service.

These factors affect "normal" journalism as well of course - by normal I mean run of the mill news reporting, but make no mistake, vested interests increasingly control the information that hits the public realm, usually in their own favour, or that of their shareholders.

For journalism generally, and print specifically, there is a future, but only if print media adapts and incorporates new media into its strategy - it has lost its unique selling point and needs to respond accordingly by climbing onto all these new platforms. The expectation to embrace new media is moulding the traditional journalist who is receptive to change into a new and formidable beast. All others will perish.

(and yes those last two lines are taken from one of my recent essays lol)

edit: I would say citizen journalism is an interesting phenomenon - can of worms that needs its own thread!

edit edit: Pretty good (if old) article here on how globalisation and neo-colonialism (erosion of cultures, identities etc.) impact on media - http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-globalmediaownership/article_56.jsp

dublinman1990

There is still a role for Journalists in the future I think.

There are two points to clarify about their financial and employment status that I would like to address.

From a tax point of view, they are deemed as self employed, but declared as a chargeable person under Irish tax laws. Which means that they must provide their own Statement Of Financial Position (Balance Sheet) to their Income Statement (P & L Account) to make them comply with the rules with the tax accountant. They are charged under Schedule D Case II, as they are working in a professional trade.

From a legal point of view means that they are independent contractors and work on a contractual basis with various media outlets. The amount of the money is negotiated by a contract for service.

Even if the various media outlets do close down their print production to public newsagents. Well it is a possibility that the outlets themselves, such as the irish times will/have announced and provide subscriptions to the public to fund the costs of employing such journalists.