Open Journalism: The future of conventional journalism

Comparatively to journalism about 20 years back, open journalism has bloomed into an important segment in the evolution of news as well as the dissemination of news. This new concept is considered the pioneer of interactive communication where it sets up a platform on which people are able to communicate with journalists thus being deemed the future of journalism. Ethics in journalism are practised quite widely in this new concept of open journalism simply because information is accessible with ease by others therefore demanding news coverage that is based on rational evaluation which is incorporated with several key values (Plaisance, 2009).

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In an article published by The Guardian by Simon Houpt, ‘How open journalism reimagines the story’ discussed the importance and role which bloggers and citizen journalists play as the feeder of major news stories by being the main source of information to readers and keeping them well ahead in term of any given news (Houpt, 2012). An evident sign of journalists slowly creeping into a digital era is that they constantly rely on social networking sites especially Twitter whereby they are able to post instant updates on happenings around the world are easily accessed by readers from all around the world as well (Cohen, 2009).

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It is quite inevitable that open journalism is fast becoming the future of conventional journalism and is what that is keeping readers on their toes where latest and breaking news are concerned. The Guardian have invented a commercial video whereby the Three Little Pigs from our childhood memory is relived as a news story and is widely spread via social media. Social media here acts as a trusted source in conveying accurate and credible news to readers. The Three Little Pigs advertisement enforces the thought where journalism is quickly moving into its new phase which surpasses that of the newspaper with reference to current times (Rusbridger, 2012). 

References

1. Plaisance, P.L, 2009, Media Ethics: Key principle for responsible practice, Sage Publications, Inc. United States of America.
2. Rusbridger, A 2012, Open Journalism - The Guardian: A world of news at your fingertips, viewed on 12^th June 2012  http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2012/feb/29/open-journalism-at-the-guardian
3. Cohen, N 2009, Cruel Britannia, London/New York, Verso.
4. Houpt, S 2012 How open journalism reimagines the story, viewed on 12^th June 2012 
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