Week 2 Blog

            As far as the article is concerned, journalism is taking a new form. Instead of newspapers providing the public with news the internet is now a forerunner. As the article says, “society requires reputable journalism.” This is not the case, however, when we look at news obtained via the World Wide Web.

            I agree completely with the author’s idea that journalism online is not as reputable as news printed in a newspaper. Web browsers can pick-and-choose which articles interest them which is an awesome feature when you put aside the credibility of the “journalism” that they are reading from the internet.

            With the way that America is today in the 21^st century I can only imagine what the future of newspapers will be. We already see smaller  newspapers going out of business and larger papers, such as the New York Times, going digital. The Times now has a twitter account, an online app and an online newspaper with all the articles from its journalists that anyone can subscribe to. Perhaps this will be the future of all newspapers that plan to stay afloat in this digital age. However, if a small paper cannot afford to go online there will be a lot less news available to readers which makes for stories and events that may not be covered. This then questions the reputability of the journalism available to the online subscribers. It seems to me as though we are looking at a vicious cycle when it comes to digitizing journalism. I suppose only time will tell where newspapers will end up in the future.

            In the reading by Carey the importance of the: who, what, where, when, why, and how in an article is emphasized. He makes it obvious how he feels about the differences in journalism today versus journalism 50 plus years ago. Journalists make an attempt to keep a story alive and relevant for the reader. Since many consumers are not fully informed when it comes to news stories, journalists keep them up-to-date.