This I believe: That for better or worse, digital journalism is the future of news and broadcast media. Throughout the course readings and my consequent blog responses to each of them, I have tried to continue with a sense of truth and justice in the future of journalism. I find it important to keep these principles that we’ve spent hundreds of years working towards in the forefront of what we intend to do in the future.
The best example of a future I can subscribe to comes from Leonard Downie, Jr., and Michael Schudson who provide grounds for the most detailed and inclusive conversation about the future of journalism I've ever come across in their The Reconstruction of American Journalism report. They take and honest, in-depth look at what changes have already happened, what trends show may be coming next, and what the conclusion of the transformation may look like.
On the other end of this Brent Cunningham is a narrow minded individual and discouraging individual when giving his insights on the future of journalism. Hopefully my saying this will automatically sway public opinion to agree with me. I am, after all, a journalist, and according to Cunningham in his How journalism can regain its relevance piece, journalism has "more important" roles than "emitting an endless stream of incremental developments and story frames."
By definition, Brent, journalism is, "writing characterized by a direct representation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation. That is one version of the Merriam-Webster definition. Note the phrase created by the words I chose to emphasize, "direct facts without interpretation." That is what journalism is supposed to be; the principle of objectivity that each of us learned in our first semester of dedicated study.
Lastly, I believe that Dr. Tracy’s Evolution of the Newspaper of the Future is ringing true already. We can see her principles of community interaction involvement playing out in AnnArbor.com’s Your Voice" section on every page that provides the method of correspondance Dr. Tracy describes as "ongoing communication."
I believe that digital is the future of everything. I also believe that no matter what I, or the individuals I’ve sighted believe, the future of journalism is going to be determined by the free market system that has brought the newspaper industry to its knees in the past five years. I believe that people will never stop wanting to read their news and they will never stop looking for more interesting or interactive ways to get it.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
DVR great for busy times
Some of my classmates wrote their news scoops assignment on the Holiday Parade. All I can say in regards to it and their dreamy reports is "thank God for DVR." On a day where I had to make Thanksgiving Dinner for both mine and my fiance's families, I was unable to leave my oven in favor of the local coverage. I wasn't able to watch the parade until much later in the weekend, and thanks to modern technology, I was able to do so.
I started considering how this technology could affect the future of journalism. I feel like it already has, whether directly or indirectly. The way we used podcasts, online video, and other on demand technologies is indicative of the way journalism will look in the future.
Things need to be accessible to anyone who wants to see them at anytime. Such is why blogging is so successful.
I started considering how this technology could affect the future of journalism. I feel like it already has, whether directly or indirectly. The way we used podcasts, online video, and other on demand technologies is indicative of the way journalism will look in the future.
Things need to be accessible to anyone who wants to see them at anytime. Such is why blogging is so successful.
Crafty crafts
Martha Stewart has been a prominent figure in our aociety for the last 15 years or so. I saw her this morning with a guest who used the seeds from chili peppers in a recipe and then said, "we absolutely hate throwing things away these days." My first thought was that this was a lit but what she did next was amazing. She showed how to dry the peppers and then proceeded to paint them into little decorations for the holiday season. It was a neat little way to revisit the Native American concept of using absolutely everything.
I don;t mean to get in the corner of a corporate fraud but, at any rate, this was a neat idea and a good way to make the most of what you have. No matter who you are.
I don;t mean to get in the corner of a corporate fraud but, at any rate, this was a neat idea and a good way to make the most of what you have. No matter who you are.
Black Friday brings cheer, crowds
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CANTON, Mich.: The biggest shopping day of the year began early in the evening hours of Thanksgiving for many dedicated shoppers. The event is called Black Friday but for the, not so select, number of deal hunters who got in line just after finishing their turkey and potatoes, this is a misnomer.
Emma Tills, 35, a Canton resident stood in line at her local Target store for seven hours prior to the store’s 5 a.m. opening. “It was really hard to stand outside all night; leaving the kids at home with their dad instead of spending the holiday with them,” Tills stated. “But the deals are so good that we can’t afford to pass them up.”
With features like $3 appliances and extensively discounted large screen TVs, the situation not only affected shoppers, but retail workers as well.
“I couldn’t even find a place to park when I got here this morning,” said Troy Young, an employee working his fourth holiday season at Target. “We also had to have two people escorted from the premises for getting into a fistfight over a spot.”
Like it or not these Black Friday deals are here to stay. With doors seeming to open earlier every year, many like the Fairlane Mall at Midnight, the biggest shopping day of the year shows no signs of slowing down.
Target’s Ford Rd. location finished the day with just over half a million dollars in sales, about five times their daily average. With that many more gifts under the tree, this Christmas promises to be cheery despite the hard economic times around us.
CANTON, Mich.: The biggest shopping day of the year began early in the evening hours of Thanksgiving for many dedicated shoppers. The event is called Black Friday but for the, not so select, number of deal hunters who got in line just after finishing their turkey and potatoes, this is a misnomer.
Emma Tills, 35, a Canton resident stood in line at her local Target store for seven hours prior to the store’s 5 a.m. opening. “It was really hard to stand outside all night; leaving the kids at home with their dad instead of spending the holiday with them,” Tills stated. “But the deals are so good that we can’t afford to pass them up.”
With features like $3 appliances and extensively discounted large screen TVs, the situation not only affected shoppers, but retail workers as well.
“I couldn’t even find a place to park when I got here this morning,” said Troy Young, an employee working his fourth holiday season at Target. “We also had to have two people escorted from the premises for getting into a fistfight over a spot.”
Like it or not these Black Friday deals are here to stay. With doors seeming to open earlier every year, many like the Fairlane Mall at Midnight, the biggest shopping day of the year shows no signs of slowing down.
Target’s Ford Rd. location finished the day with just over half a million dollars in sales, about five times their daily average. With that many more gifts under the tree, this Christmas promises to be cheery despite the hard economic times around us.
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