HoldtheFrontPage readers are being asked to have their say on the future of the industry in a wide-ranging survey being carrried out by the Society of Editors.
The online survey seeks the views of media propfessionals on such matters as the future of the Press Complaints Commission, the impact of social networking and the future of print and digital platforms.
Results of the survey, entitled ‘Your Vision for the Future,’ will be unveiled during next month’s SoE conference in Runnymede which focuses on the need for a “modern Magna Carta” for the media.
The survey can be accessed here
Among the questions it asks are:
- What changes has your organisation seen in terms of pagination, programming, web content and staff numbers since 2007.
- Is the growth of user-generated content something that should be encouraged?
- What has been the impact of social networking sites – both as a platform and a news source?
- Should the PCC be abolished or reformed?
SoE executive director Bob Satchwell said: “We want to get as wide a cross section of views from within the media on what the future holds or should hold.”
Responses so far have included predictions that “anti-media forces” will muzzle the industry with restrictive regulations and that consumers will be willing to pay for premium online content.
And one respondent said Twitter would become “passe” as the younger generation ages.
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Good idea, those who have been around for a while will have seen a huge shift (decline) in practices. We need to stop the rot. More local reporting, and more photographer work is needed. Too many papers relying on reader contributed content will only sink the industry
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The local newspaper industry needs to get back to what it does (or rather did) best – reporting local news in printed form. It hasn’t and won’t make any real money from websites, neither will Twitter or Facebook etc make it any money.
It needs to spend some time and effort in halting declining circulations (and that doesn’t mean simply dumping copies in supermarkets and then claiming them as giveaways).
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Some intersting opinions here. Not sure what century “Observer” lives in, though, but it’s not this one….
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