Journalism innovation, leadership, research and editorial product development Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:55:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.ryanthornburg.org/2008/07/15/reaction-survey-of-online-journalists/comment-page-1/#comment-49 David Domingo Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:11:01 +0000 http://www.ryanthornburg.org/blog/?p=49#comment-49 Ryan, the results of your survey are coherent with the data compiled by observation of online newsroom routines by the authors in the book Making Online News you kindly cite in your post. The organizational constraints and the professional culture of journalism are key factors to explain why online journalism is not revolutioning journalism, but rather an evolution of traditional routines and values. From all the potentials of the Internet, immediacy is the one that resonates most with traditional journalism values, and my hypotesis is that is the reason why online journalists prioritize it over other values such as interactivity or multimedia production, that are more difficult to fit into the traditional professional culture. Ryan, the results of your survey are coherent with the data compiled by observation of online newsroom routines by the authors in the book Making Online News you kindly cite in your post. The organizational constraints and the professional culture of journalism are key factors to explain why online journalism is not revolutioning journalism, but rather an evolution of traditional routines and values. From all the potentials of the Internet, immediacy is the one that resonates most with traditional journalism values, and my hypotesis is that is the reason why online journalists prioritize it over other values such as interactivity or multimedia production, that are more difficult to fit into the traditional professional culture.

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