But there are now You Tubers who have been working for longer than many traditional game journalists, and can't experience be picked up along the way? I'm pretty sure Jeff didn't have any sort of schooling in journalism or whatever. He learned as he went on. Why can't the same be said for you tubers?
Sure, I referred to YouTubers' lack of professional experience. When I say that, I mean whatever experience they build is as a YouTuber - they operate within the norms of that community. They don't work in a professional environment, where, for example, you have to learn the intricacies of conflicts of interest, unbiased reporting, etc in a structured way - the way you would working even for a short amount of time as a journalist.
Are we still talking about game journalism? Because I don't even feel I get unbiased reporting from the nightly world news, much less video game websites. I'm not talking about reviews, either, which I don't believe can be presented without bias.
You said you're a journalist. Did you mean a video game journalist, or did you mean another type of journalist? I do agree with your definition of journalism, but I don't see much of that in the video game industry.
One of the funnier YouTube trends I've come across recently is this whole 'news commentary' community, which equates YouTube drama to 'news'.
I've seen many "professional" gaming websites that wrote heavily biased articles based on industry drama, and some of that drama could be classified as completely unsubstantiated. As far as You Tube goes, however, thankfully they've adjusted their polices to allow them to deal with drama channels. Hopefully they'll actually act on their policy changes.
Welcome to Giant Bomb, btw.
Well yes, that's a whole other can of worms! I work as a features writer at a newspaper. Pretty old school haha. I can't really speak for the video game journalism industry - I don't think it's as bad as the reporting you see in the MMA or wrestling worlds. I mean, just look at Jeff's history - the man is a class act. But, yeah it does seem important to toe the line within that realm.
While it doesn't matter in my line of work if I get blacklisted by one company or source, because I'd still never run out of sources or stories, managing relationships is really important for game journalists. That comes with an extra layer of considerations. You don't want to have an AAA publisher blacklist you.
Those clickbait blogs wind me up the most. Content thieves that get a free pass from mindless consumers. "Someone modded Skyrim... and it's BREATHTAKING!!!!"
Thanks! Glad to be here :3
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