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The decline of the Journal.ie

coinop

Am I an asshole for welcoming the decline of the Journal.ie? Their entertainment/comedy section The Daily Edge was discontinued a few months ago and now their business section fora.ie has been shuttered. The Journal itself seems to be now desperately soliciting submissions from the public in an attempt to keep the cog wheels turning (but they won't pay you of course).

The turnover of journalists seemed to be very high. There were new faces under the articles every month so I can only imagine what a hellish work culture existed in the office. I use the term "journalists" loosely of course as they most likely hired kids fresh out of college with a 2:2 in their communications studies degree. No actual journalist worth their salt would degrade themselves by signing on with a click bait site.

No actual journalism seemed to take place either. They specialised in churning out listicles (top 10 crisp brands in Ireland!!!) or regurgitating press releases that popped up in their email inbox.

And I won't even mention the utterly toxic comments sections that was the real bread and butter of the site...

Will you miss the Journal?

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coinop

Typical Journal.ie commentator:
Don't ever read the article, just the headline. Get outraged. Get into a never-ending back and forth with a fellow dole-lifer that nobody else will ever read. Repeat with every single article on the site. Fake twitter profile is obligatory. It wouldn't surprise me if the rumours were true and that the biggest troll accounts were run by the Journal staff to stir the pot and generate clicks.

JohnnyFlash

Clegg wrote: »

The 42 is a part of the organisation and I'll be sad to see them go. They've done some brilliant analysis pieces on rugby and their podcasts are a great listen.

They did top class analysis on a Monday of GAA games.

silverharp

I always found it a soulless, copy paste outfit

JohnnyFlash

People don't want to pay for journalism, so you get sites like The Journal. It isn't even a particularly bad example of clickbait journalism. They have a couple of decent hacks working for them. Be a shame to see it go.

It really cannot be underestimated how much damage Google and Facebook have done to civil discourse, the media, and investigative journalism.

Clegg

The 42 is a part of the organisation and I'll be sad to see them go. They've done some brilliant analysis pieces on rugby and their podcasts are a great listen.

[Deleted User]

Don't think Fora ever took off, or that the Daily Edge was ever looked at in isolation from the Journal.

I used to dislike it, but mostly for the commenters, and a lot of the articles had a very unobjective slant. But I think it has been a lot better the last couple of years, which might be down to the editor Sinead O'Carroll (?).

magic_murph

coinop wrote: »

Am I an asshole for welcoming the decline of the Journal.ie? Their entertainment/comedy section The Daily Edge was discontinued a few months ago and now their business section fora.ie has been shuttered. The Journal itself seems to be now desperately soliciting submissions from the public in an attempt to keep the cog wheels turning (but they won't pay you of course).

The turnover of journalists seemed to be very high. There were new faces under the articles every month so I can only imagine what a hellish work culture existed in the office. I use the term "journalists" loosely of course as they most likely hired kids fresh out of college with a 2:2 in their communications studies degree. No actual journalist worth their salt would degrade themselves by signing on with a click bait site.

No actual journalism seemed to take place either. They specialised in churning out listicles (top 10 crisp brands in Ireland!!!) or regurgitating press releases that popped up in their email inbox.

And I won't even mention the utterly toxic comments sections that was the real bread and butter of the site...

Will you miss the Journal?

The comments section alone should have closed this crap down years ago

Harry Palmr

It was never anything other than utter scutter, I can only think that the btl comments are mainly from banned boards accounts.

Rodney Bathgate

Montage of Feck wrote: »

What's wrong with a 2:2?

The fecker probably scraped a pass and is jealous of the big shots with their 2.2’s.

Dr. Bre

It was never good to begin with

Beechwoodspark

I read the journal regularly and it’s a good news source for my needs

Rodney Bathgate

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Don't slag off crisps, the low blood sugar brigade around here will bite your head off.

You had to go there.

Montage of Feck

What's wrong with a 2:2?

killbillvol2

You seem remarkably familiar with its content.

Rodney Bathgate

I see it mentioned on here occasionally but other than that I never hear about it ‘in real life’ and have never visited the site (except just now).

Woke Hogan

Don't slag off crisps, the low blood sugar brigade around here will bite your head off.