ldquoI have done some things that

would quite be qualified as

journalism but I donrsquot identify as a

journalistrdquo who is a journalist in

the digital spaceDr Janet Fulton

PhD (Media and Communication) (UoN)

Lecturer in Communication

Faculty of Science and IT

School of Design Communication and IT

10 April 2015

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

2

Introduction

bull Australian Attorney General George Brandis recently stated in a

radio interview that bloggers arenrsquot journalists

bull Interviewer ldquoHow do you define a journalist Because I mean that

definition is pretty wide now Are bloggers covered for instancerdquo

(Brissenden 2015)

bull Senator Brandis ldquoFor the purposes of this discussion a journalist is

a person engaged in the profession of journalismrdquo (ibid)

bull What is a journalist

10 April 2015

3

Introduction

bull Research project Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for

media producers

bull Funded by University of Newcastle New Staff Grant

bull Interviewing new media entrepreneurs

bull Aims their key skills what business models are successful

what platforms and technologies they are using and what is

the extent of their success

bull Ethnographic methodology (interviews thematic analysis of sites)

bull 28 interviews up to this point bloggers (including lifestyle and

news blogs) online magazine producers web publishers and

broadcasters

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

4

Who is a journalist hellip according to official

sources (Australia)

bull Evidence Amendment (Journalists Privilege) Act 2011

bull ldquojournalist means a person who in the normal course of that personrsquos work

may be given information by an informant in the expectation that the

information may be published in a news mediumrdquo (Parliament of Australia

2010)

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics

bull journalists ldquoresearch and compile news stories write and edit news reports

commentaries and feature stories for presentation in print and electronic

media and compose written material to advertise goods and servicesrdquo

(Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015)

bull Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

bull ldquodescribes society to itselfrdquo (MEAA 2008)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

Introduction

bull participants who identify themselves as journalists and these are

typically those who have worked in either traditional journalism or

recognized online publications clearly define what they do as

journalism while others are more wary to own that occupational term

bull 14 out of the 28 interviewed said they were journalists and doing

journalism and all had done journalism in either a print or online form

working for recognized news publications

5

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

6

Discussion ndash are you a journalist

Steve Molk (TV commentator ndash blogger)

I guess because I still have this semi-antiquated [idea] of journalism as the

people who have done the hard work and got the piece of paper that says

that theyve got the degree and then have gone and done cadetships or done

that sort of stuff And also in part because I look at the content of what I do

what I cover Im not going to change the world talking about television And I

see journalists as people who are your Sarah Ferguson [award winning

Australian journalist] kind of people or investigative journalist people that

uncover the big thing or reveal to us all of the facts on the other thing So not

really but I get lumped into it Its better being called a journalist than being

called a blogger because I just think that hellip its said quite often with derision

(iv 27314)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

7

Discussion blogger as journalist

bull Blood ldquothe vast majority of Weblogs do not provide original reporting ndash for

me the heart of all journalismrdquo (2003 p 62)

bull Pew Research Centre (2010) showed that more than 99 of content on

US blog sites linked to mainstream media outlets

bull Claims that blogging consists of commentary only (Macnamara 2014

Pavlik 2013)

bull Bloggers dismissed as not doing ldquoreal journalismrdquo (Flew amp Wilson 2012 p

170)

Paula Matthewson (Political commentator ndash blogger)

I donrsquot report news which I believe is the distinction between

bloggersopinion writers and journalists (iv 17914)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

2

Introduction

bull Australian Attorney General George Brandis recently stated in a

radio interview that bloggers arenrsquot journalists

bull Interviewer ldquoHow do you define a journalist Because I mean that

definition is pretty wide now Are bloggers covered for instancerdquo

(Brissenden 2015)

bull Senator Brandis ldquoFor the purposes of this discussion a journalist is

a person engaged in the profession of journalismrdquo (ibid)

bull What is a journalist

10 April 2015

3

Introduction

bull Research project Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for

media producers

bull Funded by University of Newcastle New Staff Grant

bull Interviewing new media entrepreneurs

bull Aims their key skills what business models are successful

what platforms and technologies they are using and what is

the extent of their success

bull Ethnographic methodology (interviews thematic analysis of sites)

bull 28 interviews up to this point bloggers (including lifestyle and

news blogs) online magazine producers web publishers and

broadcasters

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

4

Who is a journalist hellip according to official

sources (Australia)

bull Evidence Amendment (Journalists Privilege) Act 2011

bull ldquojournalist means a person who in the normal course of that personrsquos work

may be given information by an informant in the expectation that the

information may be published in a news mediumrdquo (Parliament of Australia

2010)

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics

bull journalists ldquoresearch and compile news stories write and edit news reports

commentaries and feature stories for presentation in print and electronic

media and compose written material to advertise goods and servicesrdquo

(Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015)

bull Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

bull ldquodescribes society to itselfrdquo (MEAA 2008)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

Introduction

bull participants who identify themselves as journalists and these are

typically those who have worked in either traditional journalism or

recognized online publications clearly define what they do as

journalism while others are more wary to own that occupational term

bull 14 out of the 28 interviewed said they were journalists and doing

journalism and all had done journalism in either a print or online form

working for recognized news publications

5

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

6

Discussion ndash are you a journalist

Steve Molk (TV commentator ndash blogger)

I guess because I still have this semi-antiquated [idea] of journalism as the

people who have done the hard work and got the piece of paper that says

that theyve got the degree and then have gone and done cadetships or done

that sort of stuff And also in part because I look at the content of what I do

what I cover Im not going to change the world talking about television And I

see journalists as people who are your Sarah Ferguson [award winning

Australian journalist] kind of people or investigative journalist people that

uncover the big thing or reveal to us all of the facts on the other thing So not

really but I get lumped into it Its better being called a journalist than being

called a blogger because I just think that hellip its said quite often with derision

(iv 27314)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

7

Discussion blogger as journalist

bull Blood ldquothe vast majority of Weblogs do not provide original reporting ndash for

me the heart of all journalismrdquo (2003 p 62)

bull Pew Research Centre (2010) showed that more than 99 of content on

US blog sites linked to mainstream media outlets

bull Claims that blogging consists of commentary only (Macnamara 2014

Pavlik 2013)

bull Bloggers dismissed as not doing ldquoreal journalismrdquo (Flew amp Wilson 2012 p

170)

Paula Matthewson (Political commentator ndash blogger)

I donrsquot report news which I believe is the distinction between

bloggersopinion writers and journalists (iv 17914)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

3

Introduction

bull Research project Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for

media producers

bull Funded by University of Newcastle New Staff Grant

bull Interviewing new media entrepreneurs

bull Aims their key skills what business models are successful

what platforms and technologies they are using and what is

the extent of their success

bull Ethnographic methodology (interviews thematic analysis of sites)

bull 28 interviews up to this point bloggers (including lifestyle and

news blogs) online magazine producers web publishers and

broadcasters

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

4

Who is a journalist hellip according to official

sources (Australia)

bull Evidence Amendment (Journalists Privilege) Act 2011

bull ldquojournalist means a person who in the normal course of that personrsquos work

may be given information by an informant in the expectation that the

information may be published in a news mediumrdquo (Parliament of Australia

2010)

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics

bull journalists ldquoresearch and compile news stories write and edit news reports

commentaries and feature stories for presentation in print and electronic

media and compose written material to advertise goods and servicesrdquo

(Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015)

bull Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

bull ldquodescribes society to itselfrdquo (MEAA 2008)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

Introduction

bull participants who identify themselves as journalists and these are

typically those who have worked in either traditional journalism or

recognized online publications clearly define what they do as

journalism while others are more wary to own that occupational term

bull 14 out of the 28 interviewed said they were journalists and doing

journalism and all had done journalism in either a print or online form

working for recognized news publications

5

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

6

Discussion ndash are you a journalist

Steve Molk (TV commentator ndash blogger)

I guess because I still have this semi-antiquated [idea] of journalism as the

people who have done the hard work and got the piece of paper that says

that theyve got the degree and then have gone and done cadetships or done

that sort of stuff And also in part because I look at the content of what I do

what I cover Im not going to change the world talking about television And I

see journalists as people who are your Sarah Ferguson [award winning

Australian journalist] kind of people or investigative journalist people that

uncover the big thing or reveal to us all of the facts on the other thing So not

really but I get lumped into it Its better being called a journalist than being

called a blogger because I just think that hellip its said quite often with derision

(iv 27314)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

7

Discussion blogger as journalist

bull Blood ldquothe vast majority of Weblogs do not provide original reporting ndash for

me the heart of all journalismrdquo (2003 p 62)

bull Pew Research Centre (2010) showed that more than 99 of content on

US blog sites linked to mainstream media outlets

bull Claims that blogging consists of commentary only (Macnamara 2014

Pavlik 2013)

bull Bloggers dismissed as not doing ldquoreal journalismrdquo (Flew amp Wilson 2012 p

170)

Paula Matthewson (Political commentator ndash blogger)

I donrsquot report news which I believe is the distinction between

bloggersopinion writers and journalists (iv 17914)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

4

Who is a journalist hellip according to official

sources (Australia)

bull Evidence Amendment (Journalists Privilege) Act 2011

bull ldquojournalist means a person who in the normal course of that personrsquos work

may be given information by an informant in the expectation that the

information may be published in a news mediumrdquo (Parliament of Australia

2010)

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics

bull journalists ldquoresearch and compile news stories write and edit news reports

commentaries and feature stories for presentation in print and electronic

media and compose written material to advertise goods and servicesrdquo

(Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015)

bull Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

bull ldquodescribes society to itselfrdquo (MEAA 2008)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

Introduction

bull participants who identify themselves as journalists and these are

typically those who have worked in either traditional journalism or

recognized online publications clearly define what they do as

journalism while others are more wary to own that occupational term

bull 14 out of the 28 interviewed said they were journalists and doing

journalism and all had done journalism in either a print or online form

working for recognized news publications

5

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

6

Discussion ndash are you a journalist

Steve Molk (TV commentator ndash blogger)

I guess because I still have this semi-antiquated [idea] of journalism as the

people who have done the hard work and got the piece of paper that says

that theyve got the degree and then have gone and done cadetships or done

that sort of stuff And also in part because I look at the content of what I do

what I cover Im not going to change the world talking about television And I

see journalists as people who are your Sarah Ferguson [award winning

Australian journalist] kind of people or investigative journalist people that

uncover the big thing or reveal to us all of the facts on the other thing So not

really but I get lumped into it Its better being called a journalist than being

called a blogger because I just think that hellip its said quite often with derision

(iv 27314)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

7

Discussion blogger as journalist

bull Blood ldquothe vast majority of Weblogs do not provide original reporting ndash for

me the heart of all journalismrdquo (2003 p 62)

bull Pew Research Centre (2010) showed that more than 99 of content on

US blog sites linked to mainstream media outlets

bull Claims that blogging consists of commentary only (Macnamara 2014

Pavlik 2013)

bull Bloggers dismissed as not doing ldquoreal journalismrdquo (Flew amp Wilson 2012 p

170)

Paula Matthewson (Political commentator ndash blogger)

I donrsquot report news which I believe is the distinction between

bloggersopinion writers and journalists (iv 17914)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

Introduction

bull participants who identify themselves as journalists and these are

typically those who have worked in either traditional journalism or

recognized online publications clearly define what they do as

journalism while others are more wary to own that occupational term

bull 14 out of the 28 interviewed said they were journalists and doing

journalism and all had done journalism in either a print or online form

working for recognized news publications

5

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

6

Discussion ndash are you a journalist

Steve Molk (TV commentator ndash blogger)

I guess because I still have this semi-antiquated [idea] of journalism as the

people who have done the hard work and got the piece of paper that says

that theyve got the degree and then have gone and done cadetships or done

that sort of stuff And also in part because I look at the content of what I do

what I cover Im not going to change the world talking about television And I

see journalists as people who are your Sarah Ferguson [award winning

Australian journalist] kind of people or investigative journalist people that

uncover the big thing or reveal to us all of the facts on the other thing So not

really but I get lumped into it Its better being called a journalist than being

called a blogger because I just think that hellip its said quite often with derision

(iv 27314)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

7

Discussion blogger as journalist

bull Blood ldquothe vast majority of Weblogs do not provide original reporting ndash for

me the heart of all journalismrdquo (2003 p 62)

bull Pew Research Centre (2010) showed that more than 99 of content on

US blog sites linked to mainstream media outlets

bull Claims that blogging consists of commentary only (Macnamara 2014

Pavlik 2013)

bull Bloggers dismissed as not doing ldquoreal journalismrdquo (Flew amp Wilson 2012 p

170)

Paula Matthewson (Political commentator ndash blogger)

I donrsquot report news which I believe is the distinction between

bloggersopinion writers and journalists (iv 17914)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

6

Discussion ndash are you a journalist

Steve Molk (TV commentator ndash blogger)

I guess because I still have this semi-antiquated [idea] of journalism as the

people who have done the hard work and got the piece of paper that says

that theyve got the degree and then have gone and done cadetships or done

that sort of stuff And also in part because I look at the content of what I do

what I cover Im not going to change the world talking about television And I

see journalists as people who are your Sarah Ferguson [award winning

Australian journalist] kind of people or investigative journalist people that

uncover the big thing or reveal to us all of the facts on the other thing So not

really but I get lumped into it Its better being called a journalist than being

called a blogger because I just think that hellip its said quite often with derision

(iv 27314)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

7

Discussion blogger as journalist

bull Blood ldquothe vast majority of Weblogs do not provide original reporting ndash for

me the heart of all journalismrdquo (2003 p 62)

bull Pew Research Centre (2010) showed that more than 99 of content on

US blog sites linked to mainstream media outlets

bull Claims that blogging consists of commentary only (Macnamara 2014

Pavlik 2013)

bull Bloggers dismissed as not doing ldquoreal journalismrdquo (Flew amp Wilson 2012 p

170)

Paula Matthewson (Political commentator ndash blogger)

I donrsquot report news which I believe is the distinction between

bloggersopinion writers and journalists (iv 17914)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

7

Discussion blogger as journalist

bull Blood ldquothe vast majority of Weblogs do not provide original reporting ndash for

me the heart of all journalismrdquo (2003 p 62)

bull Pew Research Centre (2010) showed that more than 99 of content on

US blog sites linked to mainstream media outlets

bull Claims that blogging consists of commentary only (Macnamara 2014

Pavlik 2013)

bull Bloggers dismissed as not doing ldquoreal journalismrdquo (Flew amp Wilson 2012 p

170)

Paula Matthewson (Political commentator ndash blogger)

I donrsquot report news which I believe is the distinction between

bloggersopinion writers and journalists (iv 17914)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

8

Discussion journalist reporter

Greg Jericho (political blogger)

I mean its such a broad occupation nowadays I mean Im okay with

journalist I dont think of myself as a reporter Thats sort of because I dont

do press conferences I dont report on what somebody said (iv 18714)

Sholto McPherson (accounting bloggerwebsite producer)

I think therersquos an aspect of what I do that makes it journalism So for

example if I was just writing reviews and case studies and how-tos I would

still consider that journalism but I think why a blogger who does that but

refrains from doing hard news thatrsquos where the real test of what a journalist

is So I still consider other forms of writing journalism Thatrsquos but itrsquos kind of

like a triangle the pointy head of the triangle is writing hard news and that is

how people think of journalism (iv 2714)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

9

Discussion objectivity norm

bull Broersma and Peters (2013) the lsquoobjectivity normrsquo ie the claim of objectivity

established a difference between journalists and other professions

competing in the information market

Kayte Murphy (Mummy Blogger)

Irsquom a Blogger hellip even though I think that the lines are becoming very blurred

now between a lot of traditional journalists who are becoming opinion writers

But you know I see journalists as you know hunting down the facts for a story

and presenting it without bias (iv 21714)

bull Broersma and Peters newer players in the media space lay no claim to

objectivity and in fact ldquohave to demonstrate and display their convictionsrdquo

(2013 p 7) for differentiation

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

10

Discussion is it really different

bull Deuze (2005) journalism is an ideology with five main traits

bull to provide a public service

bull to practise neutral objective and fair reporting

bull the need for freedom and uncensored reporting

bull the necessity of speed in reporting

bull an ethical obligation and need for legitimacy

Melissa Sweet (health blogger trained journalist)Absolutely yeah Irsquom providing except you know in a different way Irsquom providing a

service to the community and itrsquos news and itrsquos analysis and itrsquos investigative projects

Itrsquos just very different from you know traditional journalism If you look at Croakey I

put up a post last night and itrsquos on Peter Duttonrsquos talk at the National Press Club

yesterday Itrsquos not a traditional news report itrsquos more of an analysis type Itrsquos a

narrative which embeds Tweets you know it provides context It provides so you know

itrsquos a work of journalism to me Itrsquos just not what journalism used to look like (iv

29514 my emphasis)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

11

Discussion is it really different

Nikki Parkinson (ex-journalist and fashionbeauty blogger)

You might do a website you might do a daily e-mail you might do a directory

You might as I say you might do awards you might do a conference you

might do training But you know yoursquore hanging all of these kinds of baubles

off the Christmas tree And actually the only difference wersquore really doing is

we donrsquot happen to have a print product (iv 9514)

Nikki Parkinson (as above)

So itrsquos you know itrsquos new tools obviously and making the most of them But

the original principles I think are much the samerdquo (iv 9514)

bull Are ethical codes one of those original principles that separates journalists

from other online publishing ventures

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

12

Discussion

Tim Burrowes (online publication)

Most of what we do we would apply the rules of journalism as we see it to

them So for instance you know wersquoll when we do anything whether itrsquos an

event whether itrsquos a news story wersquoll try and be very transparent with the

readers write for the readers not for the advertisers Declare interest So all

of those things I think you know if you come to look at the journalistic ethics

that we were taught along the way you know an awful lot of it is about

respect for your letrsquos use the word audience respect for your readers So I

in the end I suspect that thatrsquos one of the definitions of journalism (iv 7814)

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

13

Conclusion

bull Preliminary stages of research at the moment

ndash Wanting more interviews

ndash Analysis to continue

bull Preliminary results

ndash there is a division in this cohort between those that call

themselves journalists and those that seem to do the same

type of work but are wary about labeling themselves

ndash those who have worked as journalists in traditional media still

call themselves journalists while others who have come into the

space via other professions are cautious about using the term

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

amp M Broersma (eds) Rethinking journalism trust and participation in a transformed news landscape Routledge

London

bull DeMasi M 2013 Entrepreneurial journalism A new practice consistent with historical norms Master of Arts

thesis State University of New York Empire State College

bull Deuze M 2005 What is journalism Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered Journalism

6(4) pp 442-464

bull Flew T amp Wilson J 2012 WikiLeaks and the challenge of the Fifth Estate in M Ricketson (ed) Australian

Journalism Today Palgrave Macmillan South Yarra pp 168-81

bull Fulton J 2014 Media entrepreneurship alternative paths for media producers paper presented at Australian and

New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2014 Swinburne University Melbourne Australia 9-11 July

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

14

In a nutshell hellip

In a similar way to legacy journalism there is ongoing debate and discussion

about what journalism is in the online space and also in a similar way to

legacy journalism online publishing ventures include a wide range of

interests writing styles topics and audiences

The question continues hellip

A presentation to What is Journalism Conference 2015 | wwwnewcastleeduau

10 April 2015

15

BIBLIOGRAPHY

bull Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015 12200 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of

Occupations First Edition Revision 1 Unit Group 2124 Journalists and other writers Australian Bureau of

Statistics httpwwwabsgovauausstatsabsnsf0C666E43095234F29CA2575DF002DA6FEopendocument -

accessed 28315

bull Blood R 2003 Weblogs and journalism do they connect Nieman Reports vol 57 no 3 pp 61-3

bull Brissenden M 2015 New metadata retention laws about criminals paedophiles and terrorists not journalists A-G

Brandis AM M Brissenden ABC httpwwwabcnetauamcontent2015s4198994htm

bull Broersma M amp Peters C 2013 Rethinking journalism the structural transformation of a public good in C Peters

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