Old journalism vs. New journalism
Wednesday, 28. March 2007, 08:49:57
Is there a sense that the work ethic and style of Old journalism is disappearing with the new age of online/social media?
As InfoWorld announced the demise of its print version this week, Jim Forbes (and others) took a look back at the publication's formative years.
Check out this section, for example:
Is the bar for investigative journalism still that high in tech media - as it moves to ditch its print versions and go online only? It's certainly still common to have multiple sources to a story (common but not required, it seems), but are reporters asked to go out and dig for the complex stories?
As InfoWorld announced the demise of its print version this week, Jim Forbes (and others) took a look back at the publication's formative years.
Check out this section, for example:
InfoWorld was a special place at a special time and some of the magazine's work needs to be memorialized.
Kathy Chin's late 1983 early 1984 story called "The Other Workers in The Valley." This cover story detailed differences between the expense account lunch, Porsche driving Silicon Valley executive types and the lives of hourly and piece work employees who or washed just-etched in acid boards in their family's kitchen sinks and then stuffed the boards with components before they were ready for final assembly. This piece was picked up by RedBook and Reader's Digest and set a very high bar for Valley-based investigative journalism.
Is the bar for investigative journalism still that high in tech media - as it moves to ditch its print versions and go online only? It's certainly still common to have multiple sources to a story (common but not required, it seems), but are reporters asked to go out and dig for the complex stories?
WIDGETIZE
Илья Шпаньков # 30. March 2007, 19:08
Vetle Roeim # 26. July 2007, 09:30
If the work ethic and style of Old journalism is disappearing, it's not necessarily because of online and social media. Look at the Norwegian newspapers. Look at Fox News. Look at all the crappy journalism out there, across all media.
Perhaps online media is excellerating the downfall, anyone with a computer can start their own online "newspaper", only minimal funding and education required.
Or perhaps online media is only a product of an already existing trend...