Posted by Cyril Gros on December 18, 2007 at 11:00 AM
The year 2007 registered the highest level of journalist deaths worldwide since 1994, up to 64, according to a report from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which has been tracking journalist deaths since 1981.
Many months of speculation about the future of newspapers culminated in September 2006 with a front-page story by
The Economist asking: “Who killed the newspaper?” To gain an insiders view of this morbid forecast, the
World Editors Forum and
Reuters launched an initiative to probe those most concerned: editors-in-chief, deputy editors and senior news executives.
435 senior news executives from around the world answered the Newsroom Barometer (there are 10,000 daily newspapers worldwide). The respondents participated in the survey on the Zogby International website, and, on the whole, were representative of editors worldwide.
In this section,
John Zogby, CEO of
Zogby International, and
Jeff Jarvis, new media proponent and founder of
Buzzmachine, comment on the results of the Newsroom Barometer. Both found that editors’ optimism and open-mindedness to new media was a clear indication that newspapers were embracing the digital revolution, yet Jarvis fears that may not be enough…
