It is January 26, 2015, and a very busy night here at Newsonline.com. Ten years ago, at the University of Kansas, we discussed how media was rapidly changing, but I never imagined how large of a medium online journalism would become.
Three fifteen in the morning. We almost have our TV packages ready for our 5 a.m. deadline. Due to the elimination of TV news stations two years ago, it is our responsibility and our job now to interview, print, edit, shoot video and post stories online 24 hours a day. Online journalism is the media now. A few papers in small towns are hanging on to their last strings; but, for the most part, everything is at your fingertips whenever you want it.
There is no such thing as a television set anymore. You can now watch all TV shows and movies online for the same price I used to pay for cable and video rentals when I was in college. There are all-news online sites, such as Newsonline.com that I work for. It is considered the new and improved CNN.
Computer screens are as large as TV screens and are now called CompTVs. They are put in living rooms in houses across America. There are limits parents may put on their CompTVs restricting children's access to harmful material. This is only one small benefit of this new technology.
The feedback we have received from our audience since we began in 2013 is phenomenal. People love the interaction, fast news, easy access and availability of online journalism. They may read the news at two in the morning before the go to bed, or they may read it at 6 a.m. when they wake up.
Every time it is new, updated and accurate. Our audience can check the news every hour and there is a new story available for them. Our staff works 24 hours a day to bring the most current news to the entire world. Unlike TV in 2005, now you may watch, listen, and read news online from any country in the world that has the same online capabilities as the United States of America.
The possibilities are endless, and we will continue to see this through the years to come.
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