Article research is the most popular use of the Internet, displacing e-mail and showing a clear use of the Net for adding depth and breadth to stories. The use of the Internet for the development of story ideas has risen dramatically, with half of the respondents reporting that they use the Internet in the development of story ideas and pitches, compared with 30 percent for the past three years. Journalists are reading publications online more frequently, with almost two-thirds of respondents reporting they do so. In previous years, this never rose above 50 percent. Also, journalists are adopting on-screen news tickers, which provide news headlines even when a Web browser is turned off.
Journalists find that responding to readers via e-mail is part of the job.
More than half of the respondents say they participate in dialogues with readers via e-mail, at least occasionally. One out of every seven newspaper respondents say they do so daily, and almost a third do so at least weekly. The Write News TM Weekly, a weekly summary of the week's top writing and publishing news stories published in The Write News TM that week. Click here to subscribe. Inc. All Rights Reserved.