Sunday, February 6th, 2011...2:06 pm
Has Journalism Become All About Page Views?
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In Joel Achenbach‘s article, he writes about how journalists across all platforms have become more obsessed with how many people are viewing, listening or reading their works than the quality of their works and how it impacts people.
Obviously, journalists want as many people as possible to view their work, but Achenbach raises the question: at what point does journalism become marketing?
Achenbach raises a good point in his article: journalists just need to focus on writing a good story. If the writing is good and it’s worth reading, people will read. Journalists need to do what they have been doing for the past 50 years: write well and write about what matters.
That’s what got such renowned journalists as Michael Wilbon, Edward R. Murrow, Bob Woodward and other journalists of different fields to be as well regarded as they are: reporting on what matters and doing it in the right fashion.