Impact of Internet on News Gathering, Internet opens new avenues of information for journalists. Journalists can no longer ignore the wealth of valuable information on the Internet. Internet stands as the single largest source of information available anywhere in the world. Journalists are now using the Internet for a wide range of purposes to enhance their news gathering. Common uses include finding people and news story sources, locating experts for stories, checking clips of other news organizations while preparing stories, conducting background research about businesses and individuals, identifying new story ideas, and locating both public and private information stored in digital form. These online tools save time and money, are more thorough, and can link information in widely diverse locations. Internet and web have totally revolutionized many aspects of journalism in the past 10 years. "The Internet and web have put an unprecedented amount of information at a journalist's finger tips.
The Internet and web have also resulted in a great deal of information becoming available globally, thus extending the reach of journalists in quest of information," Reporters can use the Internet to search for information like sports results, company details and phone numbers. It speeds up the process in finding information and contacts and. They can find statements from people online, which help with quotes. That fact alone has meant that journalists in traditional media have new sources and new research tools. "Development of the Internet and web also mean that journalists can now obtain information and records which could not have been accessed before without traveling to particular courts, and government offices. “Online resources have had the greatest impact on news gathering providing rapid and easy access to massive resources for information, potential interviewees,
and websites to help verify information, and analyze data such as statistics. Search engines are another tool for gathering online information which opens the door to news resources. Search engines and online directories have made it much easier than ever before to find experts to comment on issues. They have revolutionized a journalist's ability to research, find background information and to track down primary documents and sources. There is so much information available online that it can be difficult working out where to start and where to stop gathering it. With the change to a much broader reliance on the Internet and web for news, it will become increasingly important for journalists to be multi skilled able to work in more that one medium, and preferably in several, in what has become known as a converged media environment.
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