Now in that light consider the above pieces of journalism: passable for material which might be featured in any national broadsheet, it’s free, and it is more accessible than any of the traditional newspapers, meaning that people who don’t currently read investigative reports in high-end print or online subscription journals are perfectly happy to assume the habit. In other words, the whole package above is just more convenient for readers who are trying to get a sense of what is going on in the world.
So what will news services of the future look like? Perhaps the Korean phenomenon Oh My News has the answer. Part news site, part blog, it is the quintessential epitome of hybridised new media: written by citizen journalists, most of whom are college students but a good number of whom are professionals, Oh My News has been the first to break a flurry of major international stories, most recently the Paris riots. The site is manned by a small team of editors, but otherwise costs are kept to an absolute minimum: no expensive deployment of editors, no turnover and hiring costs – and faster transmission of news. Reynolds hopes one day that his pioneering activities will one day translate into hard cash, and by all accounts, this is not too far off. The news industry is changing as fast as it can be reported, and those who are at the forefront of it now stand to make a fortune.
Article comments
1 - Mr. Real Estate
Very interesting post with some very good points.
-John Mudd
2 - Lisa McKay
Daniel, this article is an editor's pick this week - congratulations!
3 - Josh Wills
Daniel, interesting article- I had a different take over at my blog:
4 - AST
How long have conservatives been complaining about liberal bias in the MSM, and how long have the MSM been in denial? Rush Limbaugh was the first to really capitalize on their failure to serve a huge audience segment. Then other talk shows. Then Fox News.
The MSM just don't listen or think. This is what journalism schools produce and the sooner the big media figure out that they need more diversity, both political and social, the sooner they'll save their butts. If I were running a newspaper, I'd go back to training my own reporters and avoid J-schools like the plague.
Meanwhile, blogs are eating their lunch, demonstrating every minute of the day that people without journalism degrees can think, write and persuade, unhindered by the templates imposed by those programs.