WRITE TO REPLY
June 30th, 2008 by Jon Clements
First, a declaration of interest - I am a fan of The Guardian’s Roy Greenslade. That aside, his comments on the uneasy relationship between journalists and bloggers articulate exactly the dilemma of journalists pre-internet: writing for an invisible body of readers whose views on what you’re writing remain largely unknown. Not so now. With bloggers and, well, anyone with broadband, able to interact with the news and pass comment, the monopoly on the message no longer lies with the “fourth estate”. With the abundance of online channels and social media to participate in, the conversation is gaining currency.
Tags: conversation, Journalism, Roy Greenslade, Social Media, The Guardian
June 30th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
An uneasy relationship between commentators and bloggers, I’d have thought, not journalists - it ought to be the journos’ job to establish what the story is, so that others can express a view and move the debate on. Citizen journalism is certainly threatening local media - the continuing downsizing of newsrooms means that reporters out on the street are rarer than bobbies on bicycles. You could argue that the media barons have brought about their own downfall - keeping in touch with public opinion was one of the reasons hacks of old spent a proportion of their hard earned expenses in the pub…