The future of journalism lies not in big media, nor newspapers, but blogs and websites. We are entering an age that great change will happen. Never in our worlds history, have people had such ready knowledge at our hands. With two clicks of a mouse, people can learn about the great depression or the fall of the Berlin wall. with this old media must adapt. We will still need old media's trustworthy articles. But news will become more and more peoples insight and thoughts on what is happening in the changing world around us.
News will become more personal. Blogs will help the world grow closer together. It will help people truly understand one another. Someone in Toronto can offer his perspective on something happening in the U.K, and this will let people see what life is like elsewhere. People will be able to share their opinions about everything. And journalism must adapt to that. Journalism is sharing other peoples stories, their thoughts, their ideas, with the entire world. New media will help make a world, where people understand what other people are going through.
Just my two cents about the future of Journalism......
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It's not that news will become more personal, it already has. That's evident in the already massive popularity of blogs and resoources like Wikipedia or Urban Dictionary. Having information dictated by more personal sources though dwindles the reliability of the source. Opinions are more widely labeled as fact, spins are put on issues and more openly believe because of their "honest" and personal flair. The mainstream journalism business isn't pretty, that's for sure, but putting getting the information beaten back by mass media through little sites isn't always easy, you don't know what you're looking for. :)
The blogosphere has put murderous choke hold on professional journalists, too. Freelancers have the ability to bargain with the media much more easily than pros. You want this story? You want this photo? Pay me, or it goes out for free on my blog. Kills kids' (like yours truly's) a
journalistic spirations. :P
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