Jessica
JRN 201 – Section #14582
Feb. 5, 2016
Honors Blog Post III
Changes to the Traditional Newsroom
The newsroom has always been a place full of high energy as reporters intake and perfect incoming stories for the public. But with the rise of technology, and the need for instant updates, reporters and adjoining employees must race against the clock in order to insure that the public receive the anticipated news.
Tim Harrower's "Inside Reporting" takes his reader through a day in a newsroom, providing details on the various departments and the story's progress throughout the day. A lengthy process that ranges an average of 17 hours from the arrival of the editor to publication.
However, in the age of social media, reporters don't always have that luxury. Even more so when many do not take the time to read physical newspapers. Harrower found in a 2012 study titled "Student Journalists' New Attitude Survey" that 49% of 551 journalism students received their news digitally.
And while many news outlets have catered to this shift in public interest and converged its newsrooms by joining two, or more forms of media within a news story, an element of journalism has been lost.
In the rush to publish a story before their competitors, some publications post and share stories with incomplete details, which must be updated frequently throughout the day. Opting for this method instead of publishing the complete story in the following days.
And while its attempts to increase efficiency and reach a wider ranger of people is commendable, I feel that it is almost a backwards step for journalism. While I appreciate the speed in which they report on issues, I would more rather wait to read a completed story, rather than bounce between media news outlets to find new fragments of information.
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Jessica
JRN 201 – Section #14582
Feb. 5, 2016
Honors Blog Post III
Changes to the Traditional Newsroom
The newsroom has always been a place full of high energy as reporters intake and perfect incoming stories for the public. But with the rise of technology, and the need for instant updates, reporters and adjoining employees must race against the clock in order to insure that the public receive the anticipated news.
Tim Harrower's "Inside Reporting" takes his reader through a day in a newsroom, providing details on the various departments and the story's progress throughout the day. A lengthy process that ranges an average of 17 hours from the arrival of the editor to publication.
However, in the age of social media, reporters don't always have that luxury. Even more so when many do not take the time to read physical newspapers. Harrower found in a 2012 study titled "Student Journalists' New Attitude Survey" that 49% of 551 journalism students received their news digitally.
And while many news outlets have catered to this shift in public interest and converged its newsrooms by joining two, or more forms of media within a news story, an element of journalism has been lost.
In the rush to publish a story before their competitors, some publications post and share stories with incomplete details, which must be updated frequently throughout the day. Opting for this method instead of publishing the complete story in the following days.
And while its attempts to increase efficiency and reach a wider ranger of people is commendable, I feel that it is almost a backwards step for journalism. While I appreciate the speed in which they report on issues, I would more rather wait to read a completed story, rather than bounce between media news outlets to find new fragments of information.
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