Future Journalists and New Media

New Media, Communications, and future Journalists of today. What do they all have in common? Bankruptcy, cut back, lay offs, convergence, and Internet are common terms within the current Journalism community. Convergences have been coming around for years now but now more than ever Journalists are writing online because that's the fastest, cheapest, and most popular way to receive news today. Not only that, with this current economy it is making a lot of major magazines, but mostly newspapers, fold or cutback on staff. Therefore, who get the jobs? Those Journalists that are versatile. That do print, online, and broadcast all very well. That makes them transferable rather than firing them because there's no where else to put them in the company. It's going to become about who's doing the most and if they're the best at it all. That's why this class is so beneficial to me. I'm learning the beginning, present, and future of new media. I know that writing will not be enough to get me in or through an affective or beneficial career. So I'm going to continue to learn the ends and outs of the business I love and plan to help evolve.