Emily Bell looks to the future

There is a good round up of Emily Bell's talk last night at the University College Falmouth in which that sacred topic the future of journalism is discussed.

Emily says that in ten years time

journalism will have some or all of the following characteristics:

1.journalists will need to take their stories out to where the readers and viewers are.

2.Journalists will need to act as hubs, rather than destinations.

3.Enabling readers to comment publicly on stories means that journalists can no longer get away with shoddy work

4.Journalists will need to be ready to share information

5.Thanks to advances in mobile phone technology, nearly everyone carries digital recording equipment now, so there are 'digital witnesses' everywhere

Ht-Adrian Monck