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January 29, 2016updated 01 Feb 2016 3:27pm

Online journalists’ survey: ‘Public will soon live off attention-seeking, fact-free, gossipy clickbait’

By William Turvill

Journalists have concerns about the "dumbing down" of content on their websites, a Press Gazette survey has found.

More than 200 of the 700 participants in the anonymous survey said they worked in website journalism, with many also expressing concerns over the "quality" of journalism online.

Despite these misgivings, website journalists rated their jobs at just below 6.6 out of 10 – the average of all participants and ahead of news agency journalists (5.9) and regional newspaper journalists (6.1).

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