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The story-telling toolkit has exploded with the advent of the Web. The default position is no longer “How many words?” but “How do I best use the Web to tell this story?”
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Dan Ray
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Vida Agi
Because it’s a creative, interesting job. And I like it. I love to share my thoughts with others. And I like press conferences too
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Casey C.
politifact.com
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Jo Schmo
You don’t have to do your own research any more! You get your facts from think tank research, your quotes from web forums and your photos from flickr!
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Sam S
Innovation! it might not be the same job, but it’s still a great job. Print journalists can break the news again - and we have the joyful challenge of finding new and better ways to interact with our audience. Newspaper websites are like a giant intro - get it right and your reader is hooked.
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Matt Buck
Digital change and self-publishing means much greater opportunity for creative (and factually accurate) story-telling.
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Dan H
Despite the fact that editorial quality is being quashed by the industry’s hunger for profits, the press is binning its entry level courses for students, and those students who do manage to break into the industry get paid less than burger flippers at McDonald’s: I’m happy.
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kelly
Because I have finally found a career that not only do I love, but am actually not too shabby at!!!
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Rafael Angel
Pressnet: Journalists, Journalism and Mass Media in Internet
http://www.pressnetweb.com
Journalists, journalism, mass media, students, studious, teachers and professors of the journalism and the social communication. World directory. Specialized directory -
Jonathan Walker
It’s more fun than ever.
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Will Sommer
People will always need news!
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William Leith
There’s always more stories to be covered, more people to be quoted.
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Richard Brennan
The web allows to engage with almost anyone with a computer in a variety of ways
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MatMar
My reason? Journalism is just the most interesting profession in the world!
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Nicolas
Wide-ranging opinions. Low barriers to entry in publishing (ie, blogs) mean that every kind of opinion can be expressed. Ideas the intelligentsia dislikes can still be found and added to the journalist’s analysis.
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Pål Hivand
Old farts like myself find great pleasure in knowing that new medias will empower people, and the arrogance of my generation will slowly turn people into action instead of apaty and anger
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Teach_J
Young students are motivated and will innovate.
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Tracie
The wealth of information on the Web only underlines how important our jobs are. I think more people might appreciate what we do, thanks to blogs and online communities. And blogging has encouraged so many people to develop and love writing, which is only a good thing!
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Robyn
astounding amounts of sources online. Simplifies finding that one person who knows the answer.
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Nico
Demand for quality information will increase. Because the cost of distributing information decreases, more information becomes available - and with it, the need for thorough analysis of this information (written by journalists) will increase as well.
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dailytwitter
http://www.dailytwitter.com is a new blog and site that will bring citizen journalism into twitter - with some nice jazzy features. dt
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Jukka
Media companies are investing their online brands!
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OJB
The power of organisation without an organisation. Social networks allow you to find people with the same interests, with different abilities and a commitment to the same goals - regardless of location or status. The news team is no longer within the same four walls, they can change with each story.
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OJB
Write what you want and build a personal brand. Your editor doesn’t like what you have to say? Start a blog and post it there - if it’s interesting and well written, the world will notice.
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OJB
Be not only the journalist, but also the paperboy. That’s actually better than it sounds: As a journalist, you can now also take care of the distribution of your content - and decide whether you want it to be an article, a blog post, a video, a podcast or whatever.
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OJB
Interview the world for free. Skype means free interviews for freelancers. What’s more, asynchronous e-mail interviews mean you can get answers from New-Zealand while sitting comfortably at your desk in Europe.
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OJB
Ask people who actually know something. Browsing blogs or academic work gives you access to hundreds of contacts in just a few clicks. The address book isn’t nearly as valuable as it used to be, therefore opening up the profession. (OK, political journalists not included).
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OJB
The death of churnalism. News is consumed in such a way that commoditized wire content can be delivered at zero marginal cost. There’s no need for rewriting. Journalists can focus on fact digging and analysis.
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OJB
Real-time fact-checking. Interviewing a politician who’s bluffing you with tons of statistics? Ask her to quote the source and confront her to Google on your 3G cell-phone.
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OJB
Feedback that’s not from mom. Reading comments, blog-searching or twitter-watching let you see what others are saying about your article or your area of expertise. You know when you do well. And when you need to improve.
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OJB
Information like it’s Christmas. Google allows for journalists to get information without having to go the library. Most importantly, scholarly data and free-to-use databases offer the critically-minded with thousands of references to build an argument and add value to an issue.
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OJB
Whistleblowers at arm’s length. Wikileaks and the like have made it really easy for people with sensitive information to bypass censorship and reach a journalist. That means more insider information in the newsroom.
