The Newspaper remains a figurehead of my intake of news...
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Being a journalist in 2014 is far different from being one in 1914. Many years ago the newspaper was the king of news, people in their millions would buy pages hot off the press in order to be fed information.
These two pictures endure to captivate me by showing the power a newspaper had. Completely different pieces of news relating to each other by being delivered through a paper.
The paper boy/girls would flood the streets with banners which tell information that would loom to people metres away.
It was challenging to escape the presence of a newspaper as they were everywhere. They were a core framework to discussion.
Today newspapers' are relevant - but not dominant. Many may see newspapers' as an unpredictable beast in which individuals in the industry don't know what will happen to it.
Optimists would argue that there is - and will always be - a need for a newspaper thus they will never die. Others may state that through the advancement of the internet and the speed it pours out breaking information, newspapers' are on deaths door waiting to collapse.
As a training multimedia journalist (training at a newspaper), I love all things technology. Although, I love a newspaper too. At times, I would spend £2-4 on various newspapers to explore how they approach different stories.
People question: Why do I buy newspapers when I can get the story online for free? My answer is simple: you can hold a newspaper, it feels more personal to me having my own copy and it presents hard facts that can't be edited once printed.
It is evident that the readership of newspapers is declining, with online readership on newspaper websites cascading through the roof. However, there will alway be a need for a printed copy.
The fact that I'm training at a newspaper allows me to thoroughly understand the operation of it which contradicts the activity of a website, but through devotion and determination in these challenging and demanding times, there will be a way to keep it alive. There is always a way, nothing is impossible.
On the topic of newspapers', I welcome you to check out my most recent stories in The News based at Portsmouth, UK.
Being a journalist in 2014 is far different from being one in 1914. Many years ago the newspaper was the king of news, people in their millions would buy pages hot off the press in order to be fed information.
These two pictures endure to captivate me by showing the power a newspaper had. Completely different pieces of news relating to each other by being delivered through a paper.The paper boy/girls would flood the streets with banners which tell information that would loom to people metres away.
It was challenging to escape the presence of a newspaper as they were everywhere. They were a core framework to discussion.
Today newspapers' are relevant - but not dominant. Many may see newspapers' as an unpredictable beast in which individuals in the industry don't know what will happen to it.
Optimists would argue that there is - and will always be - a need for a newspaper thus they will never die. Others may state that through the advancement of the internet and the speed it pours out breaking information, newspapers' are on deaths door waiting to collapse.
As a training multimedia journalist (training at a newspaper), I love all things technology. Although, I love a newspaper too. At times, I would spend £2-4 on various newspapers to explore how they approach different stories.
People question: Why do I buy newspapers when I can get the story online for free? My answer is simple: you can hold a newspaper, it feels more personal to me having my own copy and it presents hard facts that can't be edited once printed.
It is evident that the readership of newspapers is declining, with online readership on newspaper websites cascading through the roof. However, there will alway be a need for a printed copy.
The fact that I'm training at a newspaper allows me to thoroughly understand the operation of it which contradicts the activity of a website, but through devotion and determination in these challenging and demanding times, there will be a way to keep it alive. There is always a way, nothing is impossible.
On the topic of newspapers', I welcome you to check out my most recent stories in The News based at Portsmouth, UK.
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