The nature of journalism has changed after the rise of the internet because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up making it necessary to constantly drive traffic to a site instead of reporting the truth. The PR platform Cision just released its 2022 State of the Media report, and it revealed some interesting findings about journalists and how they are managing to cope with this new way of doing business that has only just now come about.
This report included a survey of over 3,800 journalists, and with all of that having been said and now out of the way it is important to note that it shed some light on the major issues that members of this profession are struggling against. The most widely cited challenge was being trusted by the public, with 32% of journalists saying that they were having trouble proving their credibility as valid sources of news amidst frequent accusations of spreading misinformation or so called fake news.
The crisis of trust is definitely a big issue, but in spite of the fact that this is the case it is not the only problem that journalists say they are facing these days. The second biggest problem that they are facing is that of staffing shortages and a lack of adequate resources, with 16% of journalists who responded to this survey saying that this was a major problem for them.
An equal proportion of journalists, or 16% to be precise, said that declining income streams were also a major hurdle for them to surpass with all things having been considered and taken into account. There is also the advent of social media influencers who are proving to be competition for journalists, with 14% of them citing influencers as being a source of frustration for them.
The fading line that separates editorial decisions and advertising ones is also something that 10% of journalists find to be problematic, and 8% said that the hostile attitude towards freedom of press in various nations was another problem that is making their life difficult.
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This report included a survey of over 3,800 journalists, and with all of that having been said and now out of the way it is important to note that it shed some light on the major issues that members of this profession are struggling against. The most widely cited challenge was being trusted by the public, with 32% of journalists saying that they were having trouble proving their credibility as valid sources of news amidst frequent accusations of spreading misinformation or so called fake news.
The crisis of trust is definitely a big issue, but in spite of the fact that this is the case it is not the only problem that journalists say they are facing these days. The second biggest problem that they are facing is that of staffing shortages and a lack of adequate resources, with 16% of journalists who responded to this survey saying that this was a major problem for them.
An equal proportion of journalists, or 16% to be precise, said that declining income streams were also a major hurdle for them to surpass with all things having been considered and taken into account. There is also the advent of social media influencers who are proving to be competition for journalists, with 14% of them citing influencers as being a source of frustration for them.
The fading line that separates editorial decisions and advertising ones is also something that 10% of journalists find to be problematic, and 8% said that the hostile attitude towards freedom of press in various nations was another problem that is making their life difficult.
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