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What PR Pros Should Know about the Next Generation of Journalists

PRSay

As the journalism profession faces threats from artificial intelligence, misinformation and the collapse of business models that support journalism, the next generation of journalists nonetheless feels optimistic and wants to bring truth, justice and integrity to their work, a new survey suggests.

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Social Media Overtakes Print Newspapers as News Source

PRSay

For the first time, social media has surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, Pew Research Center finds. In recent surveys, 20 percent of U.S. adults said they often get news from social media, compared to 16 percent from print newspapers. adults, compared to 49 percent for television.

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The State of Journalism in 2023, according to Muck Rack

Landis PR

Photo courtesy of Pixabay The highly anticipated Muck Rack 2023 State of Journalism Report , which the company released at SXSW on March 15, 2023, provides valuable insight into the ever-changing media landscape and how journalists perceive their work. Conducted with over 2,200 journalists worldwide, the survey results are fascinating.

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Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys

Sword and the Script

Surveys show earned media is still the most credible; exec appreciation and collaboration with PR improved during the Coronavirus Regular readers know these pages are filled with surveys and statistics. Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten.

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How Social Media Is Paving a New Path for Journalism

Cision

More than half of journalists surveyed in Cision’s recent Social Journalism Study believe that they would not be able to carry out their work without turning to their social media accounts for help. Citizen journalism is a tricky subject, and will most certainly continue to be debated upon as social media continues to evolve.

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Comms Pros on Whether or Not their Organization Trusts the Media

Sword and the Script

The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 asked respondents – 483 mostly senior comms pros – whether their organization trusts the integrity of reporting in traditional media outlets, the answer stacked up this way: 49% agreed (39%) or strongly agreed (10%); 28% neither agreed or disagree; and.

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Journalists Love Twitter, and if Your Job is Media Relations, You Should too

Sword and the Script

In 2018, 51% of respondents said media relations is getting harder, according to the annual JOTW Communications Survey, that I’ve partnered with Ned Lundquist and Ned’s Job of the Week newsletter to field. The 2020 survey results aren’t out yet – but will be soon – and that number is going up again.