Faster Cheaper News

•    Quality online content
•    Demand for information
•    Future of journalism

In the wake of the 15th anniversary of the world wide web as a free resource, the ABC hosted a conference on the future of journalism online

Media commentator Roy Greenslade labelled the newspaper format “a dead duck”.

As the internet becomes increasingly popular with a tech savvy audience, readers are looking for faster, cheaper, environmentally friendly ways to access information.

The demand for updated information has the potential to affect content, as journalists battle time constraints, decreasing staff numbers and revenue.

The pressure to release stories online as quickly as possible can result in unreliable information being reported. However, this can be easily rectified as stated by Jonathon Holmes “If it’s wrong, it’s not wrong for long”.