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The findings, released at the PRSA International Conference, reveal that the greatest change in journalism practices due to new Internet technology is the ability to access corporate news and contact information online 24 hours a day. Nearly half of all journalists report visiting a corporate website or online newsroom at least once a week, while more than 85% visit at least once a month.
Blogs, social media and RSS
While almost a third of journalists do not cover blogs, more than a quarter report regularly reading five or more blogs to research desired topics, and nearly 70% follow at least one blog regularly.
More than a quarter (28%) of journalists visit a social media or networking site, such as YouTube, Facebook and MySpace, at least once a week, while more than 44% visit at least once a month.
Nearly 16% of journalists receive five or more RSS feeds of news services, blogs, podcasts or videocasts every week, and about 37% receive at least one regular RSS feed.
Audio or Video Material
While more than half of journalists never seek audio or video material from corporate websites, nearly 20% say they seek such material at least once a month.
Primary Source of News
While a large majority (76.9%) of journalists report that they use local newspapers to follow news, some 64% report that they use Google or Yahoo! online news services.
The survey results, conducted October 4-10, reflect practices of 2,046 respondents, of which approximately 47% were editors or editorial staff and 35% were reporters or writers. The survey’s objective was to establish benchmarks for how journalists use the Internet to conduct research. The full study can be found at http://www.tekgroup.com/marketing/mediarelationspractices_bulldog.