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Ever felt that life as it steps in the modern world
changes day by day? We have come to this era where our world revolves around
machines and devices. You might be holding a cellphone or a computer reading
this article (because it’s the only possible medium for you to be able to read
this). Time flows as fast as the wind rushes, life advances and advances;
leaving a world full of connections and wires due to innovating technologies. And
journalism is one to count into this advancing world.
Journalism, as what the American Press Institute
defines, is an act of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and
information. It is an occupation or profession of writing designed for newspapers
or magazines, or of broadcasting news on radio or television. However the
traditional Journalism, as what was stated above, is slowly changing comparable
to how modern our technology changes. The traditional method gradually develops
and becomes more and more digital.
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Digital Journalism: The New World
of Journalism
Digital Journalism or what many
calls as “Online Journalism”, is very much alike to the traditional way the
only main difference is the medium of presenting news and information; hence
its name digital or online, news and information of this kind are presented
digitally/online.
From the print and manual type of
work through the digital and more accessible type, journalism has gone through
different changes. Though, the printed type is still available, online
journalism is now continuously growing and mustering more appreciation from the
mass individuals. Several news publications nowadays offer online portals to go
in with the flow of this modern world.
Broadsheets like Manila Bulletin, The
Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Standard Today, presents online portals
which are free and updated. Competition is highly intense in this modern day
and they need to go within the flow of how advanced journalism runs. Its running
very quickly that traditional printed news are being push down the hole.
Granting that this kind of scenario predicts the
downfall of printed media, it benefits Journalism as well. News goes flashing
at the speed of light. The mass people are updated a minute after the story. Everyone is being up-to-date, anyone can spill
out their feedbacks in any scenarios and online Journalists can include images,
music, sound, video etc. to support their stories.
The Bottom line is…
Print Media or Traditional Journalism is still very
much needed by many but online Journalism can reach as many individuals as
possible. Quoting the statement of Michael Fusco in “An Analysis of the Competing Business Models of Online Journalism”:
“If journalism
is the art of documenting history, then online journalism is the art and
science that will allow humans to document the future. During the past two
decades, marvelous technological advancements have allowed journalists to tell
stories from new perspectives and distribute them to wider audiences. While
journalism on paper likely will last at least for generations, a new set of
tools has been created to help the news industry better achieve its many social
roles.”
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