Challenges facing we Journalists

Journalists have tough lifes

Some of the most challenges cited by journalists are:

• Having to write content across multiple formats (print, Web, blog, etc.) – asked to produce more content than ever before
• Dealing with constant changes to coverage areas and beats
• Working in uncertain economic environment – layoffs are happening all over the place
• Forced to do more with less – staff cuts means there’s more work for those left behind
• Competing against other outlets for the best stories – working around challenges of a 24/7, global news climate
• Adapting to new media – social networking and Twitter for example
• Processing and filtering incoming information efficiently – including the high-volume of pitches and press releases
• Managing relationships and sources for ongoing story development
• Dealing with uninformed PR reps and off-topic pitches
• Finding necessary information from PR reps and online press rooms

Media professionals should help us to solve these issues before they go out of hand.