What can newspapers offer that digitally delivered journalism cannot?

Wednesday 22nd October, 05:41 AM JST

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Azrael at 01:25 PM JST - 22nd October

Respectability and a degree of prestige.

The blogosphere phenomenon that turned every Joe and his cat into "journalists" also brought about the notion that anyone can be a journalist, no studies, research capabilities, diploma or grammar whatsoever required. Plagiarism is also one of the ills of the blogosphere and internet publishing.

Even if AP, ACAN-EFE, REUTERS and other sources of prestige publish online, as other posters have previously noted, it is not infrequent to see footnotes stating an article has been "corrected," "edited" and so on. This removes responsibility from the author of the piece and makes online newspapers un-quotable and unreliable as sources of information for researchers, students and book authors.

Just as today scholars (I am a PhD. student) can only take credits for publishing on printed journals, I do suppose there will come a time when publishing news in newspapers will be considered a point of prestige in a journalist's career. Sales of newspapers may decline, but not as much as to make newspapers extinct or irrelevant. Paper cannot be easily changed and printed word asks for reliability and responsibility. This is why I think, being published in print media will come to be a point of prestige and respectability for professional journalists (if it isn't already!).
Nippon5 at 02:36 PM JST - 22nd October

nothing---- Since most newspapers have webpages...... Print media is a dying industry...
Sanatan22 at 03:10 PM JST - 22nd October

Ever tried reading on line news on the toilet?
mareo2 at 05:26 PM JST - 22nd October

Paper: high mobility, foldable, intelectual image. Digital: Instant updates, cheaper, ecologic.

I humble disagree about the idea that paper always means more responsible than digital, paper is less able to change the story and ask an apology if they print something wrong and damage someones carrer-life.
picard at 05:28 PM JST - 22nd October

no moderators!!!!!!!!!!

(oh, and no comments field, so of course no moderators).

But again..............no moderators!!!!!!!!!!!11
ca1ic0cat at 09:10 PM JST - 22nd October

"Ever tried reading on line news on the toilet?"

The iPhone works just fine for that, thanks.

Don't forget cat box liners and fish wrappers for the print media.

The black fingers I can do without.

I also appreciate that you can get more than one opinion and / or perspective on the web. Which is why I read "The Economist" in both print and electronic format and skip "Time" and "Newsweek". If I wanted to read for the pictures I'd subscribe to "Playboy", thank you.
kavikahi at 09:27 PM JST - 22nd October

Ink spots
blvtzpk at 12:56 PM JST - 23rd October

Venues to respond to issues covered in articles that are not subject to post-posting editing or deletion.

A higher standard of journalism.

Fewer celebriy. talento hit-garthering pseudo-news masquerading as information. leahdizoprnmania comes to mind.
Brainiac at 01:01 PM JST - 23rd October

Bigger photos and graphics. The Internet can't compete there.
timorborder at 01:31 PM JST - 23rd October

Toilet paper!!!
kavikahi at 02:37 PM JST - 23rd October

fewer trees
Otaru at 02:44 PM JST - 23rd October

Newspapers don't need batteries.
realist at 04:55 PM JST - 23rd October

There will always be a place for good newspapers, despite the advent of the IT age. Rotten newspapers like the racist Yomiuri Shinbum, however, deserve to go under.
MissWorldTravel at 04:58 PM JST - 23rd October

If everything collapse. The paper is the only clue left for for the future generation to know what happened.
GW at 07:31 AM JST - 24th October

Hey JT is this a question or market research, we shud all be being paid to reply to this one, what`cha worried about print media kicking yr butt outta cyberspace?!?!?!?