What happens to journalism, we ask, when newspapers continue on their inevitable decline? The question assumes that journalism itself will be diminished.
I am coming to a different conclusion:
Journalism will improve once newspapers die or decline to a minor medium so says Stovall. Stovall believes that the newspaper is the medium or middle of the pack when it comes to news. He says" the medium they work so hard to produce -- the paper -- is holding back journalism from doing the best job that it can for society. The sooner the paper is gone, the better.
I feel that the newspaper has a more sentimental type of feel to it. Sure the news can come from other venues, as well it should, with the way technology has taken off in the last 2 decades. Having just one news outlet in this day and age would be like subjecting ourselves to 3 television channels or worse black and white tv.
A sense of nostalgia comes over me when I think of the newspaper and where it has been and where it is going. Many of us men have taken the newspaper to the washroom with us to read in our personal sanctuary. I personally don t do this as much because I would rather go in and come back out when I'm done.
I can say that no one wants to take a laptop to the John to read the news. The Wall Street Journal just went to color recently, talk about stuck in a time zone. Regardless its nostalgic and reading the paper keeps real people in a constant routine because reading the newspaper is something to do everyday.
I don't read the newspaper much, never have, doesn't mean I won't. However, somebody is out there across this great country waiting on the newspaper faithfully, some pre-teen still has paper route, a puppy's cage needs to be lined, etc... This is bigger than the news itself folks, THIS IS ABOUT THE PAPER!
Shawn Nealy a.k.a "Green Eyes"
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