Three weeks ago, the BBC College of Journalism released a 92-page document titled “The Future of Journalism”. The information in the report is the result of a journalism conference held in London in late 2008:
Today, as technology changes the lives of both journalists and their customers, assumptions about what journalism is and how it is practiced are being re-examined.
The eight chapters include:
- The End of Fortress Journalism
- Introducing Multimedia to the Newsroom
- Multimedia Reporting in the Field
- Dealing with User-Generated Content: is it Worth it?
- Video Games: a New Medium for Journalism
- The Audience and the News
- Delivering Multiplatform Journalism to the Mainstream
- Death of the Story
If you are a journalist, this might be of interest to you. Although, ironically, much of it is old news so the report might serve as reminder.
If you’re a corporate photographer, this document might be worth reading or at least skimming. Your business clients have news and information they want to get out to the public and the news media. So perhaps there’s something to be learned from this report.
