Loading ...The type of journalism followed by news agencies still has weight and significance and is securing the rearguard of the press, Bogdan Ghiu, member on the Administration Board of the Romanian Broadcasting Corporation (SRR) told the opening on Wednesday of a conference on news agencies in the Internet hemisphere, as part of the third edition of the News Agencies' Day.
'There is increasingly less journalism in the mass media, so the style of journalism followed by news agencies still has weight and significance and it is securing the rearguard of the press. A news story becomes significant only when it is mentioned as coming from a news agency,' said Ghiu.
Director of the Centre for Independent Journalism Ioana Avadanei says news agencies provide information for professionals, pointing out that 'the news agencies should position its market stand according to individual customers, not just according to the main beneficiaries,' as the coverage of the Internet has exceeded 25 percent and changed the trade of journalism, because beneficiaries want digested news, they want the information provided in the language they understand.
Unfortunately, most of the agencies are slipping away to a lack of transparency in their editorial policies, much as most of the press do, covering selectively certain themes they believe to be a priority according to friends and likings in the public life, said Transparency International Romania Executive Director Victor Alistar.
Alistar also said that journalists working for news agencies cannot spread false information under the cover of source anonymity, as they have to listen to the other side as well and not to present one-sided views only. He pointed out that news agencies can become a certification factor for news stories in the informational avalanching coming from all the media channels.
Media analysts Adriana Saftoiu voiced regret over the news agencies losing their status to niche televisions, mentioning that when she worked with a news agency she would enjoy a special status and many politicians would call on her as they believed the rule that 'if you do not feature in a news story of a news agency you do not exist.' He added that when she became a spokesperson she felt it right to have a fair relationship with the news agencies, to provide them information in a timely and rightful manner.
RFI Romania Editor-in-Chief Luca Niculescu voiced dissatisfaction with the fact that what matters now is what is on TV, but the television channels provide unverified information, and unfortunately the news agencies are following suit and that is a loss.
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