Journalists are the means by which news is
reported to the rest of the world, so it is a given journalism will never die out
completely (no matter what kind of journalist one may claim to be). The concern is directed more toward the print
aspect, however. As technology makes
leaps and bounds past newspapers and other print editions, it is frightening to
think of a world where everything goes digital or electronic.
I don’t
believe print will ever completely disappear, as Tina Brown and Ken Paulson
discussed in the video we watched as a class.
Too many people still rely on and rather enjoy having material copies to
shuffle through. However, we shouldn’t
be blind to the shift journalism is making toward electronic sources. This is understandable, though. The rising generations are more
electronically literate than older generations, naturally pushing everything to
become more electronically accessible.
As for
careers in journalism, I do not believe this is a detrimental shift; it is
actually an exciting change in journalism’s history. Any career in journalism is more exciting and
fast pace than ever, which in turn allows aspiring journalists to show others
they have what it takes to make it in this rapidly evolving industry.
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