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Transcript of The Future of Journalism
Rachel Tan (0939902)Daphne Kook (0939647)Shah Salimat (0900887)
DMC 3B01
Future of Journalism
At A Glance
At A Glance
At A Glance
PastJournalismIn the
Remember?
The Hypodermic Needle Theory
Remember?
The Hypodermic Model
“The audience passively accepts the message,
injected by the mass media”
How was news gathered previously?
It involved:
A typical newsroom involved:• Reporters
• District correspondents
• Sub-editors & Story writers
• Cameraman
• Assignment editors
• Desk editors
• Engineers
How was news then reported?
Assignment editors
Reporters
Cameraman
District correspondents
Get news from their network
of sources (PR
professionals, locals etc.)
PublicPublic
Public Public
Write & publish article
News will then be disseminated through…
Magazines Newspapers
Radio
Television
Some styles of reporting for journalism in the past included
Investigative Journalism• Critical & thorough • Seeks to tell the documented
truth in depth without fear/favour
• Journalists as ‘watchdogs’
Yellow Journalismis biased opinion masquerading as objective fact.
Journalism Today
The Change to Today
• Interactive journalism, slowly moving to a transactional horizontal model
• Audience were commentators; they are slowly becoming watchdogs & newsmakers
• Changing definitions of “the press”
How is news gathered today?
• Monitoring online websites
• Newsrooms• Event tipoffs
In other words…
It’s the age of the Internet!
Government information
Search engine & Indices
Difficult-to-locate information
Identify potential sources
How is news reported today?
Assignment editors
Reporters
Cameraman
District correspondents
Get news from their network
of sources (PR
professionals, locals, blogs, Internet etc.)
Craft multimedia
news package
Audience
Get news from their network of
sources (other
eyewitnesses etc.)
Post on social
media/blogs
And because the audience are no longer passive, the newsroom has to adapt accordingly
News is then disseminated through…
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1. Online Journalism
Present Journalism MediumsONLINE JOURNALISM
• Forms bulk of news consumption by audience
• Traditional news agencies use online mediums as secondary publishing platforms
• Several news organisations are online-only platforms(e.g. The Huffington Post)
Pew State of the News Media report, 2010
2. Citizen Journalism
Present Journalism MediumsCITIZEN JOURNALISM
• User-generated reports through blogs, podcasts & videos
• Highly supported by social media
• Development of pro-am partnerships(e.g. Ohmynews, Off The Bus by The Huffington Post)
Styles of reporting in journalism today include
Style Of Reporting
• Makes no claim of objectivity• Subjective viewpoint • E.g. Newspaper columns, Editorials
Aggregation of information from numerous individuals or organizations into a single news story
Agencies that break stories and sell them to other publications for post
Opposite of watchdog journalism
Journalism Tomorrow?
A change in the news model:“Everyone creates & consumes news.”
It will be an age of personalization.
The importance & relevance of a news piece is determined by the people, not the news
agencies
How will news be gathered tomorrow?
Socialisation Of News• a.k.a. The Information Divide• Accuracy VS. Immediacy
Occurrence Of Event
Published story/report by Journalist
Social Media
GAP
How will news be reported tomorrow?
1) Curative Journalism
Curative Journalism• Curation: Gathers all these fragmented pieces
of information to one location, allowing people to get access to more specialized content
• Concept of Curation / Curating news not new– News organisations have curation as a core
competency – I.e. Editors organise information for readers
What’s new?
• Despite shrinking newsrooms and overworked reporters, journalism is in fact thriving
Journalistic curator
• HOW? With the push of social media and advancements in communications technology
• WHY? Respond to readers’ need– Sort out information
Reporter / Information gatherer
Reader / Information seeker
Journalistic curator
Social Curation
From Curator to Journalist
• Does what reporters have always done – Except: done in real time & more transparent
• Help navigate readers through the vast ocean of content
• Create followers based on: – Trust – Taste – Tools
Curative Journalism Tools
What’s next for Curative Journalism?
• Role of curator will continue to grow• Watch out for:
– Trusted curators– Standards and better tools
• Creating a work force of curators will help curation grow
Anthony DeRosa, proposition leader at Reuters
“We all have access to pretty much the same information sources, aside from the investigation and journalism that
people at news agencies perform. There’s enough out there for someone who simply wants to be a helpful guide, to plant their flag and be a good resource for
whatever it is they’re interested in. You can use RSS, Twitter, Storify, Storyful and any number of other tools to
stay on top of what is happening and be a human filter for what I should be looking at.”
2) Hyperlocalisation
Hyperlocalisation• Hyperlocal News:
– Community-based news– Intended primarily for consumption by residents
of that community– May / may not be created by a resident of the
location
Hyperlocalisation Tools
• Blogs– Individual, networks, aggregators
• Wikis– WikiCity Guides partnered with Wahoo
Newspaper• Websites
– Everyblock.com– Patch.com
What’s next for Hyperlocalisation?• Too early to predict
We tried to go hyperlocal online but it didn't work. People said: "Sorry, that's not what we expect from the Chicago Tribune. We expect something different from the Chicago Tribune. If we want that kind of
information, we'll go to the Pioneer Press weekly newspaper where they have all
that stuff."
James O'Shea,Formerly from the Chicago Tribune
What’s next for Hyperlocalisation?
It may be too early to say. I continue to believe in doing great foreign and intentional
reporting.
David HillerPublisher,
Los Angeles Times
What’s next for Hyperlocalisation?
If you get it right and if you are focused on covering the local news, there's still no
better source for that news than the newspaper.
Charles BobrinskoyVice chairman,
Ariel Capital Management
The Living Magazine
How will news be disseminated tomorrow?
News Aggregators
A website that collects headlines & news story snippets from other websites
Changes in News Aggregation
From aggregated news search & discovery to personalized consumption
OLD NEW
Newsmap by Google News•Google News automatically groups news stories with similar content and places them into clusters
•Users can quickly identify which news stories have been given the most coverage, viewing the map by region, topic or time
Liquid Newsroom
Editors
Distribute news
Newsdesk
Exchange information
Eyewitness
MEDIA CONVERGENCEThe journalism of tomorrow.
Media Convergence
IMPACT
Impact 1: New Business Model
New Business Model• Revenue decreases in media with
broad coverage• News sites need to realise their “social
capital”– Build targeted communities of discourse
with layer of journalism on top– Market targeted communities to sponsors
& advertisers to create similar discourse
• Mixture of revenue channels– Government funding towards new
reporting technologies– Government can no longer fund as much
for news agencies that will not be the purveyor of breaking news
– Advertisers will pump more money if they can market to targeted communities as opposed to a cross-section market
– Crowdfunding for investigative stories
Pew State of the News Media report, 2010
E.g.: Crowd-funded Journalism
Impact 2: Traditional Mediums
Newspapers
?
The Future: Technology. On Paper.
Magazines
?
The Future: The Deconstructed Magazine.
Broadcast
?
The Future: Broadcast. On Mobile.
Impact 3: Publications/News Organisations
News Organisations Today• Newsrooms shrinking• The death of beats• The “hyperlocal”
correspondent• The rise of radar & community
desks• Increasing importance in visual
journalism• Instability of journalism careers• Multiple-platform storytelling• Multiple-timeframe storytelling
- Martin Belam, Information Architect, Guardian.co.uk
“We'll no doubt see a change in the mix of whether news is produced by the professional, the pro-am, or the
random passer-by who happens to be at the right place at the right time once with a cameraphone. From
chronicle to broadside, from broadsheet to iPhone app, the format and delivery of news has always changed as a
result of technological change and innovation, but the basic human behaviour of wanting to uncover, tell, and
share stories of common interest always remains.”
Q&A