Comments on: 24/7 or 16/6? http://birminghamposteditor.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/247-or-166/ What a UK daily newspaper editor is learning about online journalism Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Paul Groves http://birminghamposteditor.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/247-or-166/#comment-10 Paul Groves Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:22:16 +0000 http://birminghamposteditor.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-10 Hi Marc, I agree with you about the 24/7 assumption so many seem to have. The big problem with so many of the 24-hour TV news channels is that they fall into the "never wrong for long" trap. They bring you breaking news, then spend hours effectively correcting their original bulletin and the viewer is left scratching their head wondering what the story is actually about. Speculating on speculation isn't good journalism. You are absolutely right when you say: "The Post’s key journalistic quality is one of intelligent analysis and explanation of often very complex issues." It still amazes me that the desire to be "first, first, first" gets in the way of providing basic facts on some news sites. Playing to your strengths is never a bad strategy - as the Welsh rugby team are proving so far this season ;-) Hi Marc,

I agree with you about the 24/7 assumption so many seem to have.
The big problem with so many of the 24-hour TV news channels is that they fall into the “never wrong for long” trap. They bring you breaking news, then spend hours effectively correcting their original bulletin and the viewer is left scratching their head wondering what the story is actually about. Speculating on speculation isn’t good journalism.

You are absolutely right when you say: “The Post’s key journalistic quality is one of intelligent analysis and explanation of often very complex issues.”
It still amazes me that the desire to be “first, first, first” gets in the way of providing basic facts on some news sites.

Playing to your strengths is never a bad strategy - as the Welsh rugby team are proving so far this season ;-)

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