With the demise of the newspaper industry on the horizon (so many claim), does that mean less and less job opportunities for journalists?
With the economy as it is in our country, and jobs being scarce at the moment, it is not hard to imagine that those who have been let go from the newspaper business are wanting to stay within the relms truth seeking and news searching. There are just new ways to go about it.
Blogging has become one of the fastest growing journalistic opportunies for both aspiring and experienced writers. Scott Elliot, a writer for the Dayton Daily News makes this crucial statement in his blog: ""If you're a journalist and you are not comfortable writing for an online audience, you had better get there fast." http://http//reportr.net/2008/09/01/how-blogging-creates-new-opportunities-for-journalists/
In that same blog, Elliot quotes John Robinson, Editor of Greensboro News-Record. Robinson states that when hiring new candidates for the company, he asks if they have a blog. Reading their blog allows him to see the clarity and passion for writing and how strong their unedited writing reads.
With the economy as it is in our country, and jobs being scarce at the moment, it is not hard to imagine that those who have been let go from the newspaper business are wanting to stay within the relms truth seeking and news searching. There are just new ways to go about it.
Blogging has become one of the fastest growing journalistic opportunies for both aspiring and experienced writers. Scott Elliot, a writer for the Dayton Daily News makes this crucial statement in his blog: ""If you're a journalist and you are not comfortable writing for an online audience, you had better get there fast." http://http//reportr.net/2008/09/01/how-blogging-creates-new-opportunities-for-journalists/
In that same blog, Elliot quotes John Robinson, Editor of Greensboro News-Record. Robinson states that when hiring new candidates for the company, he asks if they have a blog. Reading their blog allows him to see the clarity and passion for writing and how strong their unedited writing reads.
We should not be looking at the internet and online journalism as the enemy, but instead, a way to have readers become interested in the truth. Interested in global news instead of People magazine.
Alex S Jones, said in an interview with New York Times, that he doesn't think newspapers will fade away completely. They are safe as "commerical enterprise". Jones states that it is more important for the news to be concerened with "truth seeking" and somtimes the newspapers don't want to write about things people gravitate towards. Journalism is made for the public interest. Online articles and blogs allows the reader to do his/her own research and do some truth seeking on their own. http://http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/16/opinion/1247465221227/bloggingheads-web-sites-vs-newspapers.html?scp=2&sq=online%20journalism&st=cse
Isn't it time we started taking an interest in the news and putting putting our values to the test? Online journalism can help bring out the writer in each of us.
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