Mediaite: Traffic has dictated online news coverage in 2009
December 24th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Traffic
Glynnis MacNicol for Mediaite says it should come as no shock that the media “in a year of hard news [2009] (…) has gone soft” and devoted time and coverage to “shiny distractions” of stories.
[U]ntil someone creates a new, workable business model the coin of the internet realm is traffic. And traffic is most cheaply generated by frequency and shock value, two things which are very much at odds with in-depth reporting (…) Traffic talks in the new media internet world, what it does not do yet is report and/or research whilst penning the required 15 posts per day.
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December 24th, 2009 at 9:07 am
What rubbish. Yet another fool thinking good journalism is unpopular journalism.
Meanwhile, the top story on Mediaite.com is…
“Hostage Situation at VA Post Office: With Explosives Strapped To Chest, Man Asks For Pizza”
Please. How about a new year resolution of: let’s only take media critiques from people who, in industry terms, don’t need a map and compass to find their backsides?