How technology has changed coverage

A group of technology reporters spoke at Dartmouth University about how their jobs have changed due to the technology, writes Nathan Swire of The Dartmouth.

Swire writes, “Traditional journalism has had to adapt to the internet, the panelists said, revealing how the industry has changed to compete with user-generated content. Referring to his own experience, Young talked about how news sites like the Chronicle for Higher Education have adopted blogs and user feedback, but are hampered by the need to actually check their facts before posting.

“Ulaby mentioned that in the entertainment sector, television and film companies are terrified that peer sharing will condemn them to the same fate as the recording industry, which faces rampant piracy problems. To avoid losing revenue, they have turned to advertising to make money off of the free content they provide.

“Despite competition from free content, investigative reporting will always be integral to the news business, Lauerman said.

“’It’s not a money-losing proposition to break big news,’ he said, ‘It never will be.’

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