A UK-based survey revealed that while 90 percent of journalists are embracing social media tools, half of them feel that PR pros don't PR people lack understanding of the need to build genuine relationships on social media and don't provide resources that help them with their requests and queries, say the UK journos. The PR community needs to respond to the changing … [Read more...]
Are You Keeping Up with the Digital Journalists?
In their 2011 State of the Media report Pew Research highlights the fact that the media landscape is still in flux – consumers decide what news they want to get and how they want to get it. Each new technological advance adds another layer of complexity. In 2010 digital news media, like AOL and The Daily, hired almost as many people as were laid off from traditional … [Read more...]
The Future of Journalism and PR
Two events held recently focused on the future of journalism and the education of journalists: The second World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC2) in South Africa and Journalism as News Providers: Challenges and Opportunities held in Denver. One of the key findings from WJEC2 was that social media has become an integral part of journalism and must be included in the … [Read more...]
More of What Journalists Want
2008 Bulldog/TEK group reporter's survey The second annual survey of working journalists across all media generated responses from 2,386 journalists, of which approximately 48% were editors or editorial staff and 34% were reporters or writers. The survey tracks the resources journalists use to search, follow and report news and features material. … [Read more...]
