Rethinking Newspapers after Fairfax staff cuts: Part 2
David Conley author of the Daily Miracle says media organisations will converge as changes to cross media ownership allows them to move into certain markets but one of the big problems they face is in making enough profit from their online operations to sustain high- level journalism and a polished product.
You’ve probably have seen in the past weeks how Fairfax actions has been criticized by the media, posed as threat to quality journalism and how content seems to be driven more by advertisers than editorial objectivity.
David Conley says the new media will affect how we use earlier media but not destroy them. He also argues that new journalists will have to meet the demands of reporting in the digital information age.
What does this mean for us, struggling and emerging journalists:
- Journalists will be pressured to produce for the web and print, less time can affect the quality.
- New journalists must have the ability to work across different platforms.
- Journalists must constantly update their skills.
According to Jay Rosen, America’s leading internet journalism thinkers and blogger of PressThink, the digital world “is both in a crisis and a renewal, because that’s what happens to people when they have to migrate. That’s the postion journalists are in today”.
Check out the blog of Marea with an E, she gives interesting insight on the future of quality journalism and democracy in our society and in the light of the Fairfax staff cuts.
Read the Part 1 section
