Does the world still need professionally trained journalists? You betcha. While it's wonderful that anyone can snap pictures of breaking news, for example, and post them on the web, it would be foolish or even dangerous to abandon journalism's watchdog role to the bloggers and citizen journalists of the world. Read these two articles from Time magazine to consider two different viewpoints.
Click here to read "It's all about us". Then click here to read "Enough about you".
Photos courtesy of Time magazine.
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ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree that we will continue to have a VITAL need for trained newspapers, but THANKFULLY will not rely on the old guard like Brian Williams to serve as gatekeepers for the news-- choosing what is and what is not news. And newspapers? They need to change greatly if they are going to serve as the medium for journalists. People don't go to the papers anymore for classifieds, movie listing, advice. And papers don't serve a need online by trying to become social media sites. I also question whether or not journalist/opinion writers will hold sway. Many amateurs are doing great opinion writing.
ReplyDeleteP.S. This is a great blog....And even if I don't post, I will be checking out the give and take on a regular basis.
oops. I meant to say "a vital need for trained journalists"
ReplyDeleteI believe that we will still need trained journalists in the future to get the facts straight and give an unbiased view on stories. However, I am not against the growing number of amature writers using the internet to give their opinion or post information. It is no different than the editorial page in a newspaper. What I am against is when people use the internet and their blogs as a diary and then post it for the world to see. I personally believe that those things should be kept private.
ReplyDeleteI thought these articles were extremely interesting, and it's intriguing to see how journalism is shifting from solely being produced by the professionals to having the people contribute as well. The term "news is what I say it is" may have less truth because the web has no "gatekeepers." Although it is beneficial to have different viewpoints and opinions from the public, it is still important to have professional journalists dedicated to straightforward articles and investigative journalism.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the end of the Brian Williams article, that everyone these days is so consumed with their own lives and the internet that they miss everything going on. And so many people become only able to communicate through technology that I'm starting to think that if more and more people become like that sadly the newspaper will become obsolete.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is important for us to always keep tradtional journalism so people are able to make their own opinions on different subjects, and not formulate an opinion soley based on another person's views. I think that blogs are nice for people to get someone else's point of view on a subject, but I think that people should already have some background information on the subjuct and their own point of view.
ReplyDeleteI think this article is very interesting. It definitely has a critical point to make and is a definite eye opener about the future. I DO believe that we will continue to need trained journalists for the future. Ninety percent of the time news is black and white (no pun intended) not just a shade of gray, so it needs to delivered fast and true. Although blogs and things are fun, they are not the future of journalism.
ReplyDeleteI think that citizen journalism is probably the worst idea to happen to journalism. If there's a random war in Argentina, the journalists are paid to get out there and get to know whats really happening. Their information is accurate, and fast.
ReplyDeleteCitizen journalism is anything citizens want it to be, even inaccurate.
This is potentially dangerous to the community of readers that will believe whatever is put in front of them and labeled as "journalism."
Let the reporters do their job right, and not pass off any amateurs do it for them. (wrongly)
The world will always, always need professionally trained journalists. It seems as if that is a top priority in the world actually. People are influenced by what they hear on tv and what they read in a newspaper or in a magazine. If the professionally trained journalists disappear and articles find themselves into the wrong, uneducated hands, disaster can only subsequently come. People hunger for the news and for good news. If trash starts, continues rather, to be spread across the globe, people will be malnourished. Without trained journalists, we will starve and beg for knowledgeable writers. We need to know what is going on and we need to know the right way. Children and adolescents will be greatly affected because they will not be able to determine legitimate pieces supported by facts and equate to the truth. Trained journalists in our world are... a necessity.
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