Traditional journalism can't keep up with the online world. (Photo credit: http://www.marwa-hamad.com/)
Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the popular news website The Huffington Post, is on TV. Peter McNelly, a broadcast journalism instructor at Ryerson University for the past seven years, with over 30 years of experience in print, broadcast and radio journalism before that, is too busy speaking on the phone to watch.
“I’m not worried that I’m not listening to it,” he says. “Because I know it will end up on the CBC website.”
According to him, the march towards a completely digital information world is unstoppable – it’s just a matter of time. He admires Huffington’s gut to go after the large audiences with her website’s content, from commentary, to humour, to pop culture and citizen participation, all packaged in an interactive multimedia format.
The Huffington Post is not the only website that has advanced the shift towards online journalism. With sites such as Politico and the New York Times, up-to-the minute news is literally just a click away.
McNelly says it’s irrelevant whether this shift is good or bad. The question, he adds, is how journalists will adapt, and perhaps most importantly, “Why would you wait until 10 o’clock to watch the news or wait until the morning to get the newspaper when you could get any piece of information on the internet anytime?”
Summary: "The march towards a completely digital information world is unstoppable," says Peter McNelly, who has devoted 40 years of his life to more traditional forms of journalism.
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