You know print newspapers are dying when you go to online newspapers to find articles on the death of their printed friend. I am not surprised to find that there aren’t many articles talking about the end of print newspapers. A small opinion blog on the New York Times website says a little about the demise of the newspaper but nothing very substantial. I am slightly saddened by thought of no longer having a print newspaper, but having to go onto the internet for it.
It’s unfortunate to know that print papers lives are circling the drain and they have always been something i’ve enjoyed. An awkward staple in American culture that may one day no longer be around. I’ve seen so many classic movies where a young boy is standing on a crate, shouting, selling newspapers. Or in movies when a newspaper spins and then stops, filling the whole screen with a large, extremely important news headline. I really hope that I won’t have to explain to my grandchildren that newspapers used be printed out and delivered to your house or bought at a news stand on the way to work or school.
One man in particular has a blog that disccuses the death of the newspaper. In an NPR article, this blog and the man who writes in it, go on to discuss the who’s, what’s, where’s, and why’s of the untimely death of the print news. Jim Romenesko, doesn’t just discuss the morbid side to newspapers but about where newspapers are going, how different papers are being run and different ideas on what papers are doing to be more or less successful. His articles are interesting to say the least and offer an insight into the newspaper world and different perspectives.
Online news of course has it’s perks, which I feel is a direct cause to the demise of it’s print counterpart. Online paper’s are fast, efficient and do not get black residue on your finger tips while you read it. With news only online, you can search for exactly what you are looking for and not have to flip through everything else to find it. Though, by doing this you are seeing a very narrow part of the news. You get what you want, and may be missing out on something very important. There is nothing wrong with just reading the article you want and being done but I always feel like I should at least give the rest of the paper a chance, since many people put so much effort into producing it. Though not everyone will agree with me and prefer the convenience of reading the article of their choosing and moving on.
Each version of the newspaper has it’s up and downs and I personally hope that the print version will live on for many more years. With the economy the way it is right now it’s hard to predict any kind of outcome or perspective “death date”. Hopefully the proverbial defibrillator will come along and shock the print newspaper back to a better life and keep it that way.
~Meg Healy
There are perks to the different styles of recieving the news (print or online). I agree with this statement. In looking at the pros to reading the news online it is indeed the faster and cheeper way that many Americans today take advantage of. But the statement was made that sometimes readers "may be missing out on something very improtant."
ReplyDeleteIn the case of getting news from a blog, the authors often times put themselves as annonymous. This hides them from the public eye in case their information is proven to be inaccurate. There is also no way to check their credibility. In a recent article, Silverblatt chooses to quote writer Tim Harrigan as he provides an example of the lack of credibility of bloggers:
"Bloggers can cloak themselves as they choose and reincarnate themselves as they choose. There is no accountability and there are no standards. When and if a blog has a real person behind it and it fact checks like a newspaper, I may find the time to read it."
You can't put a price on accurate news.
With online stories and blogging become such a fast paced environment, then need to exaggerate information is increasingly chosen by writers. Bloggers may say that they have talked to sources but in fact they haven't (no one will check if they did or didn't). (newsrealblog)
A study in 2006 showed that in the posts that day, only 1 percent of bloggers had in fact interviewed a source and 5 percent containted some other origianl work (Silverblatt).
Yes, finding news online is someting that even I have succumbed to, but it is important to remember to always check the facts...facts....facts!