In a new essay, OJR’s Robert Hernandez uses the recent incident of the gunman at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters to highlight how the real-time web is changing journalism — including some good examples of how it can help and complicate the story.
“This next phase has the power to improve and advance our journalism, but also puts our core journalistic values to the test.”
The real-time web, he says, means “journalism without a safety net… it’s hyperlocal AND global journalism… it’s working under the deadline of now, 15 minutes from now and 15 minutes ago.
“The journalism game has changed — again. And this won’t be the last time,” he says. “While technology evolves, what are constant and never-changing are our core journalistic values.”
