After listening to Downie's speech, I think that he has made an excellent point. As more and more of our news becomes instantly accessable through social media, people are slowly losing interest in print media. And not only that, the the fact that more money and less news in coming into play with print, we need to find a way to put an end to that.

The way our world is turning--that is to say, away from tangible media and towards online media shows the decline and even eventual (albeit VERY eventual) death of print news. More and more aspiring journalists who want to get into the business are now required to know not merely how to write a proper article, but how to write for online news sources. The Digital Age is here to stay, and the only way to survive as a journalist in these times is to go with the flow