With reporter’s eyes

See the challenges that newspapers in US are facing from inside - with reporter’s eyes. Last day I had a long conversation with a young (29 years old) BJ’s reporter, who left daily newspaper in

Wisconsin

just 3 months ago. According to the newspaper’s site he was pretty good reporter, his stories appeared very often on the 1’st page. But he left…  His opinion about “webalisation”, bloging, taking pictures and movies for paper’s site was: “Crap”...

With reporter’s eyes all that is seen like publishers and editors are pushing reporters to work more for the same money. He said, that newspapers in

Midwest

are hiring more inexperienced reporters, often – students, because experienced journalists deny taking pictures and writing the same story in two ways - for web and paper edition. The work conditions are becoming worse, but the publisher expects more and more stories form each reporter.

What would you say, dear colleagues?

Comments

[guyanagirl]

That is sad! If those were the conditions under which he worked, then he was right to leave. Admittedly, the internet is taking over and yes some newspaper reporters have to write for both media, but they should be compensated. At The Star, the reporters are unionised, so they have specific work hours. However, because they love their jobs, most of them go beyond those hours.
At my newspaper, the Stabroek News, reporters are very competitive and try their best to produce the best stories, even if it means working late sometimes. Our health and environmental reporters have won awards for their stories.