In the article “The Mashable Article 8 Must-Have Traits of Tomorrows Journalist”, it describes what journalists need for the future. The most important traits for journalists is they have to be multi-skilled in just about everything. I believe the most important trait you can have is the core skills of journalism because just like the author explains, they can never be replaced.
Journalists today don’t just have to know how to write a good article, but they are going to have to know business skills, multimedia skills, social media, editing, and also the core skills of journalism. Journalists need to be able to find, report, edit, and post the story. They also need to know how to put their story online. However, the author from Mashable doesn’t mention how much time this takes, so another trait journalists need is time management.
Journalists have more competition than ever for the latest and greatest story. A new trend that has recently come to challenge journalism at its core is citizen journalism. An article discussing the topic of citizen journalism is “Citizen Journalism: Will Entrepreneurs Rule Yet Again?” By Steve Outing.
Journalists also need to know how to use social media to promote their stories as well as talking to their followers. Blogging and social media let’s journalists engage with their followers and get to know the person behind the stories. Traditional media outlets are interacting with Twitter. An example is the New York Times.
It is important to be business savvy as well, in the EmediaVitals article the hyperlocal blogs founders were entrepreneurial savvy and created something new. The author gives advice on how hyperlocal blogs and newspaper can work together, which is perhaps the most important piece of advice. Journalists should be willing to work together, it doesn’t always have to be a one- man show.
