The business of journalism is full of uncertainty and educational assumptions. No one really knows what is going to happen to journalism and the increasing number of journalists who are losing jobs. Society has seen several large newspapers completely go under, such as the Rocky Mountain News, the Baltimore Examiner and the Albuquerque Tribune. It's a shame to see such great publications disappear. I personally will be disappointed when all newspapers stop printing and go completely online. I enjoy picking up a newspaper everyday, carrying it around with me and reading the news much more than I enjoy getting the news online. This is also where I bring up an argument I have already written about. What about the people who do not have computers, internet access, or even those that do but do not know how to use the technology? How do these people get their news? It is vital to small, traditional, rural towns that get its news from the published weekly newspaper to know what is going on in the community, nationally and internationally.
It seems to me the business of journalism is left in the hands of our current economic recession and current and future journalists. As much as the media and journalists may dislike it, the economy does play a large part in what journalism is and what it will become. If you look at the role the economy has already placed on journalism you can see a decline in publications of newspapers and an increase of journalists utilizing new medias like Twitter, Facebook and other online resources. While the evolvement of journalism is exciting and it seems everyone is ready to jump into using new technologies I would be sad to see the traditional medias disappear. No one knows what the future holds and what sort of new technologies and resources will develop and slowly overpower the traditional types of media that we know and use today. As a journalist I will embrace the "new" but never forget the "traditional" resources that made me the journalist I am today.
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