The changing face of journalism
Changing with the (New York) Times!
Today there are an unlimited number of news websites and the age of satisfying your news fix by opening the morning paper is gone. Once you glance through the newspaper you then turn on CNN and if you are like me, you also go online and look through the million RSS feeds for more. It’s incredible how much information one can consume in one sitting.
But, news is changing and as a graduate journalism student I have had my doubts, especially when people continue to say, “Journalism is a dying profession,” but is it really dying? Or is it just evolving?
Last semester I had this same discussion with journalism veteran, Andrew Leckey. He has been a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, an anchor for CNBC and written various books on business reporting. He said he has seen the changing face of journalism through the years and just as private ownership of newspapers have evolved to be public, news itself has expanded and “there are more options out there than ever before.”
One of those options is the independent non-profit news site. Non-profit news doesn’t just look at what’s current they get perspectives from places the corporate owned papers can’t and that makes for more in-depth and better stories. I think the future lies with teaching young journalists the power and importance of the non-profit and all the possibilities that can occur. This could be the answer young journalists are looking for.
Contact Info: Andrew Leckey, andrew.leckey@businessjournalism.org
3 years ago