Fué/es Wikileaks. Ahora Anonymous.Conmocionaron, removieron el concepto de lo que es/debe ser la prensa tradicional/escrita. La obligaron a un ejercicio de "reingeniería".
Años atrás fué el "nuevo periodismo" (new journalism) quien trató de romper paradigmas. Tom Wolfe escribió The New Journalism, manifiesto y antología de ejemplos al tiempo.
Y llegaron las nuevas tecnologías.
Y sus detractores:
"Los periodistas han sido absorbidos por las nuevas tecnologías y ahora su trabajo está dirigido a personas como ellos, con educación digital. No salen de ese círculo, no están en la calle, no conocen a gente nueva y no descubren nada. Por eso, si no entro en internet no me pierdo nada".
"Los blogueros son demasiado vagos para dejar de mirar sus ordenadores, pero siempre hará falta un buen periodista que mueva el culo y salga a la calle a escuchar a la gente, a mirar el mundo real, y a escribir sobre él""No leo ni blogs ni noticias online. Cuando algo es realmente bueno, acaba llegando a los periódicos, como el reportaje de ProPublica que ganó el Pulitzer. No quiero leerlo todo ni saberlo todo . Solo quiero estar informado de las cosas esenciales"
Gay Talese/Una obra a pié de calle, Babelia/EL PAIS, 15 mayo 2010
Y surgió ProPublica
"ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.
Investigative journalism is at risk. Many news organizations have increasingly come to see it as a luxury. Today’s investigative reporters lack resources: Time and budget constraints are curbing the ability of journalists not specifically designated “investigative” to do this kind of reporting in addition to their regular beats. This is therefore a moment when new models are necessary to carry forward some of the great work of journalism in the public interest that is such an integral part of self-government, and thus an important bulwark of our democracy."La información, en nuestro ambito, ha seguido el mismo curso.
De un reciente artículo publicado en Pharmaceutical Executive (Dec 2010) The Press Power Behind ProPublica:
"ProPublica cites the business crisis in publishing as a factor in the decline of investigative journalism. Management claims that while sources of opinion are proliferating, led by the ease of accessing and communicating ideas on the Internet, sources of facts on which those opinions are based are shrinking. As a result, the thrust of ProPublica's work is accessing databases, often from readily available public and government sources, and then "mining" these to buttress its investigations with "hard evidence." This tends to give the group's work a heft and credibility that is lacking in the mainstream press.
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The new outlet covers a range of sectors. Its most recent foray into healthcare and pharmaceuticals was the "Dollars for Docs" report, in which a team of reporters from five major news organizations worked with ProPublica editors to compile thousands of publicly available records to track the financial ties between doctors and drug companies."
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