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.
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