DIGITAL JOURNALISM Digital journalism also known as online

DIGITAL JOURNALISM

• Digital journalism, also known as online journalism, is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet, as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast. • While there is no clear definition of digital journalism, it is widely recognized as being any form of journalist content that is posted on the internet. It could be in text, audio or video form and because it does not have to print and distribute content, it is much faster than traditional journalism. People can use the internet to access news and events 24 hours a day

• Fewer barriers to entry, lowered distribution costs, and diverse computer networking technologies have led to the widespread practice of digital journalism. It has democratized (made accessible to everyone) the flow of information that was previously controlled by traditional media including newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. A greater degree of creativity can be exercised with digital journalism when compared to traditional journalism and traditional media.

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS • Because sharing opinions is so popular in digital journalism, the line between fact and opinion can be blurred. • Journalists need to think about the accuracy of content on different platforms and consider their sources carefully. Due to the demand for instant news, many journalists now publish articles without checking the facts in order to get the article out quicker. so it is important for journalists to follow up on work they have published to ensure it is still accurate, and change it if it isn’t.

PARADIGMS( PATTERN) OF DIGITAL JOURNALISM • Community rather than audience. News organizations should seek first to build a community around high-quality content that touches the needs and concerns of their public on social, intellectual, and emotional levels. • Users rather than advertisers and investors. The content and sponsorship messages align with the ethical and social values of the users, not the profit goals of advertisers and investors. • Relations rather than scale. The important thing is not the number of eyeballs. In the audience but how the journalists interact with and respond to the needs of their community thus make good relations. • Quality rather than quantity. Instead of saturating the audience with the latest news on topics that everyone else is covering, they produce "slow news" that offers explanation, context and analysis. One must work on quality content