2019GlobalJournalismReportDataShows16%WorldwideIncreaseinNumberofContentPublishers,ContinuedTrendTowardsMediaFragmentationTOP100AUTHORPLATFORMSLISTRELEASEDTOP50EDITORIALTOPICSLISTRELEASEDDataShowWorldwideDecreaseinProfessionalJournalists;ShiftTowardsIndependentAuthorsTheStateofJournalismTheworldofjournalismhasneverbeenasdynamicasitistoday.Thankstothedigitalmediarevolutionandtheemergenceofself-publishingplatformsithasbecomeeasierthaneverforindividualstocreateanddistributeeditorialcontentofallforms.Thishasledtoaproliferationofindependent,digital-firstauthorswhoareeitheraffiliatedwithavarietyofmediaoutlets,orsolelypublishingfromtheirownpersonalbrands.Theresult:thelineshaveblurredbetweennewsandentertainment,andthepracticeofjournalisticexpressionhasbecomedemocratized.Thereareobviousbenefitstoconsumersinhavingaccesstoreal-timeinformationfromabroadsetofperspectives.Digitalmediahasgivenusanalternativetothebiasofpublishingmonopolies,nottheleastofwhichiscorporateandpoliticalinfluence.Butdemocracycomesatacost,andthis“democratization”ofthemediaisnoexception.Weallwantmorechoice.Thechallengeiswhenthechoicesareendless,andwhenjournalistcredibilityisnolongerasimplefunctionofthereputationofthepublicationtowhichtheycontribute.Itmaybethecasethat,duetoalegacyofhigheditorialstandardsandextremelycompetitivenewsrooms,journalistsfromestablishedmediaoutletslikeTheNewYorkTimesandtheWallStreetJournalcanbetrustedforquality,accuratereporting.However,truthful,informative,andentertainingcontentisnotlimitedtothemediaelite,andsomemayarguethattheeditorialfringesprovidecomparablevaluable.Tofullyunderstandthetransformationwhichtheworldofjournalismisundergoing,Onclusiveanalyzed2.1billionpiecesofeditorialcontentbetweenQuarter12018andQuarter12019.Thenumberstellastoryofanauthorecosystemwhichisfragmentingacrosspublicationtiers,editorialtopics,andcontentformats.2018GLOBALMEDIAREPORT|52019GlobalJournalismReport|3TheNumbersThisdatarepresentadeclineinthenumberofauthorswhowouldgenerallybeconsidered“profess...
