Future of Journalism

Vice President of Washington Post, Leonard Downie Jr. gave an inspirational conference at Stanford University. He examined how newspapers are losing money because it has become difficult to find buyers. He also noted that more than 100 newspapers do not deliver everyday to customers. There has been a decrease. Now, it has become easier than ever to access news of any kind through computers or phones, whether the news is coming internationally or locally. People feel that they do not need to read a newspaper, because they are getting information by other sources. Downie Jr. exclaimed that he does not believe that the newpaper industry will disappear in the future. However, there has much controversey surrounding this idea. There is a danger in journalism. Dozens of people are getting fired from their jobs now more than ever especially in the journalism field. Who knows what the future has in store. In the future of journalism, students should be more connected with their local newspapers and should write for them. There has been search of new models such as the internet in an effort to expand forms of journalism. Now a days, it seems everyone can be a journalist. People have blogs and social networking sites that allows them to put their opinions and even personal information. As for the future, we just have to wait and see what will happen. Hopefully the economy will get better and more jobs will be available. The issue that still stands however is whether or not newspapers will too. Only time will tell since the "audience for news is bigger and better than ever."