Blog Post 1

Time and time again students of journalism listen to their professors and advisors about the constant issues facing journalism regarding its “nearing end”. To this day journalists continue to rebuttal these opinions as journalism is actually expanding. Journalists find positions not only through printed papers but online newspapers, television, and much more are being created every year; the only problem is the trust that these other areas of news do not receive. From writers James W. Carey and Catherine Ford, these two scholars of journalism not only imagine the news without paper, but how newspapers should always be the common place to earn such information.

Throughout James W. Carey’s, “The Dark Continent of American Journalism”, Carey explains many different aspects on the importance of good journalism (all of which are published through newspapers).  To this day journalists can agree on Carey’s opinion of “trustworthiness” with newspapers compared to that of information found online. Newspapers dig deeper into the news we hear each day on the television. They not only draw the reader’s attention with hard leads, but focus on the “how” and “why” of each story; however as Carey describes some issues journalists face he states, “How and why are the most problematic aspects of American Journalism.” Both terms must be actively separated throughout the story due to the common actions of both words. They face different levels of importance and can change an entire subject of a story if read differently than written. To this day journalists learn from mistakes made daily and continue to gather information to create a better story than the last.

The main difference between Carey’s “The Dark Continent of American Journalism” and Catherin Ford’s “What Society Requires of Journalism” is basically the time period these two stories were written. Both writers views are similar in efforts to suggest newspapers are not dying, however Ford believes that online news can and will be the main source of information in the coming years; however she also disagrees with its style. Not everything on the internet can be trusted and she goes on by stating, “Internet cannot deliver reputable Journalism on its own.” Carey and Ford could join together and campaign for the newspaper to make it seem like a luxury to all readers.

What still grabs my attention is how people complain continue to turn away from newspapers even when it is free news. Although you pay for the transportation of the paper to arrive at your house, the ink on the page is for you to read while taking nothing from your pockets. The news on the internet may be free, but prestigious online papers such as the New York Times where the news is on point, costs begin to rise. The newspaper to this day is the most appropriate source of news and with its possible end right around the corner, our minds may soon be corrupted by false information on the internet.