tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281428715366750186.post4687615879859997962..comments2023-10-01T07:57:28.204-07:00Comments on This Blog Has Moved to http://www.thestrategicguy.com/: Journalism Slides Closer to Its New RealityMarc Hausmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13654354560113862550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281428715366750186.post-86583150922839675402009-12-16T09:23:58.909-08:002009-12-16T09:23:58.909-08:00If a journalist agrees to produce copy that will o...If a journalist agrees to produce copy that will optimize revenue generation instead of being focused in informing his/her readers he/she becomes a salesperson and stops being a journalist - even if the copy can seem similar. Unethical? Clearly. I cannot think of any other classification. The duty of the journalist is to be absolutely independent of pressures and interests (including the internal ones). This is a good way of killing journalism faster.José Vítor Malheiroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533268797205629025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281428715366750186.post-66998862521402297972009-12-15T16:00:25.730-08:002009-12-15T16:00:25.730-08:00I see this as the proverbial slippery slope. While...I see this as the proverbial slippery slope. While it is true that news organizations have to come up with new revenue models to survive, the idea of someone in the newsroom reporting directly to advertising scares me.<br /><br />Several months ago I found a story about a new local Web site matching employers with college and high school students, wrote it (with my editor's approval) and it was not printed. Why? I was told the head honchos in the newsroom didn't want to upset the classifieds department by telling people in the community about a new place to look for jobs (the Web site could be used to match employers to job seekers, but that's not its purpose).<br /><br />Even though no one in the newsroom reported to advertising, a story did not run purely because of the fear of upsetting advertising.<br /><br />For some reason an intern wrote the same story a few months after I was laid off. Couldn't tell you what happened in between.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01358350699862355483noreply@blogger.com