The news industry is changing rapidly in this age with the advent of the Internet, more news providers, and better communication, and it may be all for the better. After all, the Internet has provided a universal network for journalism to spread through, effectively making people aware of current events and trends. Although newspapers and printed articles are becoming less popular, journalists are adapting and moving with the times. Websites, applications, videos, all these things present information in a way that the modern user finds appealing. The extension of information-sharing now extends far more into the user's daily life than before.
From the perspective of multimedia programs, it is definitely going to be more difficult to be able to build up an effective broadcast. Our information must be interesting and unique, but there are already thousands of other providers. Instead, we must take this information and spin our own angle on it, as what else would differentiate this news provider from the rest? Visuals are needed more than ever, starting with videos that can catch the eye of the user, appeal to them, and engross them into our subject. All of this is a considerable feat for journalists, for they are given the duty of learning the subject first in all its entirety, and then they must translate it for the users with aesthetics and fluency. We must now have good taste, a strong drive for research, and a capability to work quickly in order to get stories out to the public as soon as possible.
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I completely agree that the task broadcast journalism programs have is to take the news that everyone can find everywhere at any time and adding another dimension to it; a dimension that can appeal specifically to the viewers.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you say journalists must be able to become extremely knowledgeable about their story at hand and be able to regurgitate that information in a language that is easy to understand. That is very important; the people of the public trusts journalists to give them extensive, correct information. This is a huge responsibility for journalists, but it's a necessity to get the truth out.
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