The most popular use of the Internet is article research, which has displaced e-mail. Half of the respondents reported using 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. Even though 25 percent of respondents use instant messaging, only 6 percent use it daily.
Journalists say that responding to readers is part of the job.
More than half say they regularly 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 one-third do so at least weekly. The survey was sent to more than 4,000 magazine and newspaper editors throughout the country. The response rate was approximately 10 percent. Internet News Internet Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech.