print this articleAnother argument for journalists to embrace the web
If you happen to run into “traditionalists” who still don’t get it, here’s some ammunition in the form of a well presented argument by Suw Charman and Kevin Anderson.
Both of us embraced the internet because of the opportunities it presents. It’s the world’s greatest story-telling medium, bringing together the strengths of text, audio, video and interaction. The internet as a communications tool can help journalists tap sources like never before, making their stories richer and more balanced. Why wouldn’t journalists take advantage of the internet?
Yes, the job is changing, and we as journalists need to change with it. The internet may be posing a threat to the business model that support journalism, and it’s understandable that this causes anxiety. But misrepresenting the reality of that change won’t make it go away.
After all, we fear what we do not understand. It’s clear that the writer of the piece in the National Union of Journalists’ magazine (titled Web 2.0 is rubbish) that Charman and Anderson were countering has a long way to go to fully understand the possibility and opportunities of the Internet and Web 2.0.
Posted by MarkBriggs on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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