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Neil McIntosh, the new editor of the European edition of WSJ.com, spoke about the change in print and online journalism at a guest lecture at the University of Westminster.
He commented on the change in journalism and predicted that many regional newspapers; including The Herald and The Scotsman, could suffer because of the competitive market and the increasing popularity of online journalism.
Despite McIntosh claiming the industry is in “dark times” he was optimistic about the future of journalism. “It's an exciting time to be a journalist,” he added.
As the departing Head of Editorial Development at the Guardian.co.uk he spoke about the newspaper’s successful online edition. On Thursday it was announced the website had a worldwide audience of 25 million unique users, making it the most popular UK newspaper website. The Guardian is also moving to a new multi-media newsroom at Kings Place.
A successful part of the website has been blogs and comments. McIntosh revealed the Comment is free page on the Guardian's website increased page views up to 10 million. He also commented on the importance of blogs to journalists and aspiring writers, “it’s a place where you can show what you can do and experiment with multimedia,” he said.
McIntosh has previously worked as a feature writer, production journalist, reporter and columnist on various newspapers. He joined the Guardian in 1999 as the technology section’s deputy editor and in 2004 he became the assistant editor of Guardian Unlimited. At the end of the year he is joining the Wall Street Journal.
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