[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. “Two-thirds of reporters still think working in print is more prestigious than web journalism,” reports the Press Gazette, based on a survey by Greatreporter.com, although it seems a pretty unusual sample: the survey’s respondents were “drawn from greatreporter.com‘s 2,000 registered members, who use the site to syndicate and sell their journalism worldwide”.

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. So says this survey, reported by Poynter, who say:

“Salaries for new-media types compare very favorably with those in advertising, public relations, and marketing. They blow away the newspaper, magazine, radio, and television salaries for all but the national media in the Northeast.

“The survey shows that the median salary for online/new-media personnel ranges from $53,000 in the South and Midwest to $60,000 in the West and Northeast.”

Hopefully, as with many things in the US, the UK will follow.

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. …is to share content, as are the Wall Street Journal and Post according to The Guardian. Is this the beginning of consolidation in the industry?

Perhaps only in the West, as rising sales in markets outside of the US, Europe and Australia mean that newspaper sales overall are up.