This is a research blog set up by Clare Peterson in order to develop a research report on Journalism in Australia. This forms part of my final year coursework for Media Industries 1 at RMIT, Melbourne. I am a student in Communications (Media) and I decided to research the journalism industry, as a section of the media industry that I have not covered in this degree. I have focused primarily on Film and Television production and online media development thus far. However, being a writer at heart, I have always been interested in Journalism as a possible career choice, in connection with the other multi-media pursuits of mine.
I explored the below topics through online research and through conducting interviews with some prominent industry heads and journalists in Australia's media.
The topics addressed in this report are:
* How to a make money as a Journalist
* The different types of Journalism
* Current and Future Trends in Journalism
* Social Media: its uses and implications
* Tips and Tricks for becoming a Journalist
* Complete interview summaries and case studies of interviewees
So read your way through the Final Report (with the chapter links being in the black bar at the top of the page) and discover where journalism in Australia is at, where it is going and how you can navigate through this changing landscape and make it happen for you!
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Clare Peterson
State of News Print Media Report
"Traditionalists believe that the Internet is no more likely to bring down newspapers than the advent of TV half a century ago. The special attributes of newspapers, their immediacy, involvement, credibility, creativity, consistency and flexibility of use will continue to ensure their longevity.
The traditionalist argument makes many good points, including that newspapers are the most flexible of all news products and the role of editors and journalists in bringing the news together for readers is uniquely valuable.
Traditionalists are, however, being stalked by doubters, including most recently The Economist (August 2006) which is following the line that extinction of all or some of the papers in the UK is only a matter of time. It claims '…that newspapers are on the way out and that it is only a matter of time before there are closures with half the world's newspapers likely to close in the foreseeable future because 'business of selling words to readers and selling readers to advertisers, which has sustained their role in society, is falling apart.'
The data are threatening. Reading habits are changing. Some age groups are reading newspapers less. Circulation is threatened. Nearly half of those who read Australian metropolitan newspapers are over fifty. Successful responses to the ubiquitous Internet challenge are essential."
Clare Peterson
