The MEAA hosted a conference in Sydney on Thursday on The Future of Journalism. Crikey published a review as well as a report on a meeting with respected UK media commentator Roy Greenslade. Greenslade himself has blogged about the conference – be sure to read this as well as the comments. But that’s about it. Nothing from what I can see in the mainstream press here in Australia.
In the UK and US, the conversation about the future of journalism is public and in the pages of newspapers and on mainstream media websites. Here, it appears to be the topic of which we do not speak, certainly not in the mainstream press.
From an Australian newsagency perspective, the future of journalism is important as there is cross-over in challenges facing journalism and newsagencies. I was hoping to read more about the take of journalists on the future of their craft and see how that applies to our channel.