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Public interest, media neglect

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University

"Public interest journalism" is in mortal danger, argues Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust. "The threats come from four directions", he writes, " – from an untrusting Government no longer convinced of the value of the fourth estate; from increasingly powerful and image conscious corporations; from a bombarded and bewildered public; and from a media that is failing to live up to its public interest responsibilities." The media is also failing to explain, inform and analyse, he believes: "In the increasingly cutthroat and competitive media environment, news outlets are choosing to emphasise the subjective, the personal, the emotional and the sensational." He concludes: "If genuine public interest journalism is to have a future, it has to be promoted and nurtured – and this will not happen until people recognise the extent of the danger we face."

British Journalism Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, 33-40 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0956474807080944


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