Jemima Kiss
So two thirds of greatreporter.com's readers say that print journalism is still more prestigious than its online counterpart. An interesting result from a website dedicated to showcasing the work of budding reporters and photographers.
Sixty-six per cent of readers agreed with that statement, and only one quarter disagreed.
You might have expected a web audience to be more pro-internet, but apparently not. Nevertheless, I was glad to see that greatreporter.com presented a decent defence of web journalism courtesy of some online news stalwarts.
"Great journalism should be celebrated on whatever platform," said Pete Clifton, editor-in-chief of BBC News Interactive.
"There are things which make online journalism particularly exciting. The immediacy, the ability to make it interactive and to get readers involved in dynamic ways, for example."
And Guardian Unlimited's editor-in-chief Emily Bell: "With audiences, ideas and journalistic formats developing more quickly online than off, journalists who really think print is more prestigious are going to find the next decade stressful and disappointing in equal measure."
'Print journalism is more prestigious than online'
If prestige were measured by audience numbers alone, online journalism would win hands down.
I doubt any newspaper has exploited its online brand as dramatically as the Guardian; print readership hovering at about 360,000 - and more than 10.1 million readers online.
But there's always one. The Telegraph's foreign manager Paul Hill: "Online hacks seem to be a younger, graduate breed who, dare I say, scour the internet rather than their own experiences as a reporter, for knowledge."
"I rather think, for example, that doors would open more readily for the Daily Telegraph in corridors of power rather than for Get Your News Here Dot Com."
That's the kind of sweeping generalisation that would be made by someone who doesn't understand what they are talking about.
As we know, the 'corridors of power' in the US are already opening up to bloggers, who have been granted White House press passes and press accreditation for the political conventions.
It's far easier to dismiss something new than to take the time to learn about it.
On a similar tack, I was pretty disappointed with John Humphrys on the Today programme this morning talking to Rebecca Jones about the Turner Prize shortlist.
Whether he was playing devil's advocate or not, trundling out the old 'but is it art' debate is just infuriating. How can there be a productive, insightful debate about art and ideas when this ignorant, lazy criticism keeps being thrown around?
It's the equivalent of trying to have a political debate and saying 'well, they're all the bloody same'. And I'm quite sure John wouldn't lower himself to that kind of comment when he's talking about politics.
 Zijin (www.zijin.net) studies journalism ,communication, Internet communication. As a privately run website,it was founded on March 18th,2000. Originally named “Zijin Journalism Review", it changed to Zijin on October 18th, 2000. Started by Mr. Zizoo, Zijin is one of China's earlist academic websites on journalism and communication, well-known among its counterparts in China. |
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