Editors optimistic about newspapers' future, survey claims

From Journalism.co.uk:

The majority of editors across the world are optimistic about the future of their newspapers, an international survey claims.

According to the first Newsroom Barometer survey - conducted by the World Editors Forum and Reuters - 85 per cent of the 435 editors-in-chief, deputy editors and other senior news executives from around the world that were involved claimed to be either 'very optimistic' or 'somewhat optimistic' about the future of their newspapers.

The form that paper would take in the future split opinion as 40 per cent thought that in 10 years' time their publications would be more commonly read online, while 35 per cent believed the print publication would remain dominant.

Only 11 per cent believed that the much-hyped proliferation of news content onto mobile platforms would result in that becoming the preferred means to receive their news.

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