It’s Journalism Jim, But Not As We

Professionalism, technology and the future of journalism A/Prof Martin Hirst, School of Communication Studies, AUT University, Auckland, Aotearao/New Zealand Paper at The end of Journalism? University of Bedfordshire, 18 October 2008

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Journalism will be reinvented, but judging by what is currently done in journalism schools and in the name of journalism studies, the last people to know may be professional journalists. (Hartley, 2008, p. 50)

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],… the professional community calls upon the journalist to tell a story that will be, or will appear to be, factual, objective and balanced. Although it is known that this cannot be fully achieved, these values are still at the core of the profession’s ideology. (Zandberg & Neiger, 2005, p. 131)

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[object Object],[object Object],I do believe, most sincerely, that journalism matters. I also think the act of journalism matters. But the brave new world opened up by the internet makes protectionist organised labour on the lines of the NUJ outdated. (Greenslade, 2007)

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