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Improvements in technology lead to more jobs  in journalism says ABC journalist Peter Mageros.

News providers are opening up more jobs in the journalistic sphere as the need for ‘online news rooms’ grows.

Mr Mageros points to his own work place, saying, “I just look at the ABC Online Newsroom, where I began with the ABC, and I see a workplace of about 50 or more journos who at one time didn’t exist”

“That’s in addition to the separate metropolitan and regional online positions that have been created in ABC newsrooms across the country.”

However, the jobs which online journalism generates also come with more pressure, including learning specialist skills and the demand for immediate news on the web, Mageros warns.