Thursday, December 15, 2011

Due to today's quick advancing technology, it's difficult to stay up to date. Every aspect of our life has to keep improving, including transportation and communication, to benefit us. Television news and internet nespaper is slowly taking over the old, traditional newspaper. There are many different advantage of each from of journalism. If one wants deep and background information, printed nespaper would be the best choice. On the other hand, internet and telivision are more instantnious. One could be on top of their games all day long and save lots of time at this time. However, internet and television sources are less reliable than the printed newspaper.

No matter what, technology journalism is slowly taking over the traditional ways. I mean, look at us! We're exchanging informations and ideas through a blog. Advanced techonologies do make our life easier as journalists much easier. We could make effects or texts more appealing to the eyes; we could report experiences and points on view from someone across the globe. These improvements could harm journalist as well though. The skill and equipment to become a journalist is in the reach for almost everyone now. One can become a journalist easily, which brings us more competitions(which is not bad all the time). In fact, this is how I became interested in journalism, just poking through the internet.

To become better journalists, we of course have to change with the fast-improving industry as well. We can't just improve solely our editing, filming or other techinical skills. We must also beware of the credibility of our sources and our own stories. Journalism is not just about how well you present your story. If one can't relate to or trust the topic we're trying to portray, then what is the use?

1 comment:

  1. I agree that having advanced technologies does make a journalist's life much easier, but that does stress the fact that a journalist must know how to use these technologies to become more effective in the industry. Sadly, it's not enough anymore to only know how to write articles or interview strangers; in order to fully reach out to people, one must certainly become a journalistic "Renaissance man."

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