http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/08/02/the-press-will-be-outsourced-before-stopped-rebuilding-media-the-fate-of-media/ This is a conversation. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/08/02/the-press-will-be-outsourced-before-stopped-rebuilding-media-the-fate-of-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1710 Hugo Engelbrecht Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:13:35 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/the-press-will-be-outsourced-before-stopped-rebuilding-media-the-fate-of-media/#comment-1710 newspapers tend to sell the reader too much PR, almost no unique content, too much non-relevant information. in Austria, "Presse" and "Standard" exploded from 10 to 40 pages every day within ten years, and they lost completely their high-quality reputation for which we bought them and carried them proudly around. needless to say that they doubled the copy-price in this period. so, there are things to be done... (BTW: flood is no journalistic topic at all. especially a globalised flood. same with wildfires.) newspapers tend to sell the reader too much PR, almost no unique content, too much non-relevant information. in Austria, “Presse” and “Standard” exploded from 10 to 40 pages every day within ten years, and they lost completely their high-quality reputation for which we bought them and carried them proudly around. needless to say that they doubled the copy-price in this period. so, there are things to be done…
(BTW: flood is no journalistic topic at all. especially a globalised flood. same with wildfires.)

]]> http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/08/02/the-press-will-be-outsourced-before-stopped-rebuilding-media-the-fate-of-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1708 http://copyedits.blogspot.com Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:28:21 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/the-press-will-be-outsourced-before-stopped-rebuilding-media-the-fate-of-media/#comment-1708 It's too common for newspapers and magazines to blame declining readership on the internet, or to use the internet as a crutch to help them hobble towards the future. Newspapers lose readers because of their stories and how they're covered-- until newspapers demand better quality of themselves, they can expect to continue to be eclipsed by the citizen journalist. It’s too common for newspapers and magazines to blame declining readership on the internet, or to use the internet as a crutch to help them hobble towards the future. Newspapers lose readers because of their stories and how they’re covered– until newspapers demand better quality of themselves, they can expect to continue to be eclipsed by the citizen journalist.

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