US media plays crucial role during ‘extremely challenging’ times
The Peninsula
Las Vegas/Columbus:Shrinking newsrooms are a worldwide reality. The fourth estate of democracy is facing challenges due to lower revenues and rising...
Las Vegas/Columbus: Shrinking newsrooms are a worldwide reality. The “fourth estate” of democracy is facing challenges due to lower revenues and rising variable costs - a situation worsened by the audience’s increasing dependence on social media platforms.
Newspapers have fewer pages, editions, and less space devoted to specialised subjects. The newsroom staff is now smaller, tech-savvy, and adept at catering to both print and web demands. However, printed newspapers are providing the highest profit to media organisations.
A group of 20 journalists from around the world including Qatar's international reporting tour ‘Democracy is More Than Election Day’ organised by the US Department of State through its Foreign Press Center had the opportunity to learn what US media organisations doing to adapt to the changing environment. This journalist was nominated by the US embassy in Doha for the programme.
In Las Vegas, Heidi Kyser the managing editor of Nevada Public Radio said that shrinking newsroom culture is “extremely challenging.”
“It is something that all newsrooms in the US are facing,” she said.
