I thought I would leave on a positive note because we have spent this entire semester pretty much saying we are fools for spending so much time on a major in a field filled with doors slamming in our faces and circulation shrinking more and more every day.
In my searching I found an article from the Southtown Star, which is a paper either in Chicago or the suburbs, these days I just can't keep up. Mainly, it's because this paper used to just be the Daily Southtown, but because of the ever shrinking interest in physical newspapers, they had to merge with another paper.
ANNYYWAYS.. this article was in response to a University student, a little sophomore asking questions about why this lady became a journalist and if she believed the field would turn around.
In her opinion, the field can turn around, but it depends on us, the young people. We are the future of journalism, and while we can sit around and worry about the state of the journalism market, it does no good. We need to act, we need to do something about it, make journalism what it used to be, and adapt to the future of what it can be.
The field may be shrinking, and while it may be a good idea to have other skills that back up our journalistic ones, it is not the only way. For as long as the general public wants to know the news, there will always be a place for good, old-fashioned journalistic integrity.
We are the future.. future editors, future reporters, future designers, future whatever we want to be. It's our responsibility to make journalism what we want it to be.
Ohh.. but I guess you can just call me idealistic and naive.
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Every generation feels certain pressures. It's important to look at what is good and bad about the past and then to grab that future that is rapidly approaching.
I have a good feeling that journalism integrity will still be at the forefront, and hopefully our generation does not let the rest of the others down. I don't think we will.
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