The document discusses challenges facing print journalism and incentives to encourage journalists. It suggests that print journalists could be incentivized by page views, social media followers and engagement. However, the print journalism industry has seen decreased advertising revenue and job losses. Experts debate whether the internet has killed print journalism or if newspapers need an updated business model to focus on specialized content and telling stories. The document also addresses how newsrooms need to change to foster shared identity, expertise and adapting to new technologies.

3. Print
journalist
incentive
Page
views
Google
trends
&
twitter
for
popular
issues
Number
of
posts
commentary
New
Twitter
followers
follow
and
tweet
Number
of
comments
ending
their
items
with
‘conversation
starters’
http://au.thehype.yahoo.com/blog/post/-­‐/8116669/kim-­‐kardashian-­‐poses-­‐nude/
External
pickups
bloggers

4.  TPFKATA
 Audience
as
participants
 Source
savvy
–
or
are
we?
 Agency
feeds
–
The
Timaru
Herald

6.  Authority
 Expertise
 Professionalism
 Access
 Decreased
advertising
revenue
-­‐23%
 1
out
of
every
5
newspaper
journalists
have
been
dismissed
(based
on
2001
figures
to
2009)

7. Andrew
Keen
-­‐
web
sceptic
 Has
the
internet
killed
print
journalism?
Andrew
Marr
BBC
 Specialist
news
sites
-­‐
for
specific
companies
or
sectors,
for
different
environmental
issues,
for
overseas
crises
-­‐
which
bring
together
journalists,
academics,
specialists,
campaigners,
professionals,
lobbyists
and
so
on.
 Where
the
expertise
and
longer-­‐term
attention
span
will
be
found

8. Who
needs
all
that
news?
 Niche
news
 Do
I
really
need
the
motoring
section?
 Andrew
Denton
–
how
to
make
things
interesting.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/pastepisodes/date_2008.htm
 BTN
ABC’s
Behind
the
News

9. Need
for:
• Shared
identity
between
employer
&
employee
• Collective
belonging
• Professional
ethics
• Common
purpose
• Small
changes
Newsroom
1.0
–
3.0
won’t
work
• Employ
specialists
• $$
Research
&
development
• Open
plan
–
consider
noise
• Identify
what
you
do
really
well
–
keep
doing
it
• Tech
support!!!!
• Tell
stories
–
journalism
is
an
art

10.  Should
newspapers
be
funded
at
a
government
level
like
schools
and
hospitals?
 Should
more
specialists
be
involved
in
the
news?
Can
this
be
managed
within
a
timeframe?
 Is
the
newspaper
dead
or
in
need
of
a
makeover?

11.  Deuze,
M.,
Marjoribanks,
T.
(2009).
Newswork
[editorial].
In:
Journalism
Theory
Practice
&
Criticism
10(5),
pp.555-­‐561.
 Deuze,
M.
(2008).
Understanding
Journalism
as
Newswork:
How
It
Changes,
and
How
It
Remains
the
Same.
In:
Westminster
Papers
in
Communication
and
Culture
Vol.
5(2):
4-­‐
23.
 http://www.fernandosamaniego.com/2009/07/25-­‐tips-­‐for-­‐a-­‐modern-­‐
newsroom-­‐1.html
 Has
the
Internet
Killed
Print
Journalism?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_MaGHrPI_0
 http://www.theawl.com/2010/05/pink-­‐weekly-­‐debuts-­‐cash-­‐for-­‐traffic-­‐
reporter-­‐bonus-­‐jackpot-­‐scheme
 http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-­‐10745720
 http://www.fernandosamaniego.com/2009/07/25-­‐tips-­‐for-­‐a-­‐modern-­‐
newsroom-­‐1.html