Journalism is never going to die. New journalism is constantly being produced, as long as we continue to share ideas with each other, we are using journalism.
To me, the spreading of any kind of information through any medium is journalism. This means that in order for journalism to end, the sharing of ideas would need to end, and almost all communication would need to end. That's not happening. What could happen though, is changing the format of our journalism, especially online.
A large portion of journalism consists of the news, focusing on events. News distributed through papers is falling while news distributed online is becoming more popular. Eventually online news will replace paper entirely.
The internet is generally seen as a place where people can connect, it can bring people together from all over the world. Paper newspapers provide no place for you to share your opinions or view other peoples opinions. If news is going to be all online, we should take advantage of the fact that people can so easily connect there.
The future news network we created, newsapp, encourages you to share your opinion and see others views too. I think that this journalism should include more that just articles about events. It should also feature opinion papers so that you can learn multiple viewpoints, and generally a more citizen based source of news, rather than only professional sources. Although citizen based journalism may make stories less reliable, it would also make stories more personal and more relevant.
I also think that it would be important to make sure the news was accessible to everyone, everyone should have a chance to know what's going on in the world. This is why newsapp is a free app and website. It is also written in an easy to understand way, for the general public. There is no use in producing stories that few people can understand or relate to.
Our technology never stops evolving, and it will bring journalism with it. As our lifestyles change, journalism will need to change too.
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