Comments on: The Future of Journalism

By: JS

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:19:22 +0000

Well, hopefully going to school for journalism will not be rewarded with a job of editing the not so gifted writers. The money issue is a scary thing.

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By: Martin Cahill » Blog Archive » ::bob

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:45 +0000

[…] Paul Wallbank questions the future of journalism and writes “Perhaps journalists are the new poets, starving in garrets and working in desperate jobs while waiting for the phone call from the ABC, BBC or PBS, penning great works that will lie undiscovered on obscure blogs which will only be found after their passing?” […]

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By: ::bob « martin cahill | media

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:48:50 +0000

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By: Martin Cahill

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:23:00 +0000

Interesting spin Paul. When I first heard that SBS were paying a $1000 for each piece of content I thought it was high, but yes, it is insignificant compared to traditional costs of production.

I was also interested to receive an email this week for world renowned photo journalist – Jake Picone. He has taken to running global workshops over a period of one week. Perhaps this is one model that marks the financial future of the journalist?

http://www.jackpicone.com/www.jackpicone.com/WORKSHOP_SIEM_REAP_2010.html

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By: The crowdsourcing business model of cheap or free labour will ultimately fail and this is a problem for online publishers | Paul Wallbank

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:06:23 +0000

[…] 140’s Sydney meetup last week attempted to discuss the future of journalism. While it wasn’t really successful, it did expose the fundamental flaw in the online […]

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