Australian ABC radio recently aired an interesting discussion on The Post Journalistic Age. Questioning how serious civic journalism can survive in the digital age, the show examines worldwide trends in advertising and revenue, news media employment, the growth and power of social media, and the cultural status of journalism and journalists.
Synopsis: Digital publisher and former newspaper editor Eric Beecher says the commercial news industry isn’t just in financial trouble, it’s been engulfed by a tsunami. Digital news platforms have seen a serious drop in advertising revenue and they’re now losing their control over distribution to the goliaths of the online world – Facebook and Google. So what are the implications for the future of serious, civic journalism?
Guests:
Richard Sambrook, Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
Eric Beecher, Chairman of Private Media, digital publishing organisation
Dr David Levy, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford
Listen online or download the podcast from ABC.
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