This is a very important and significant issue for me. Being a communications major and writing minor with hopes of someday writing for a major newspaper, it worries me when I hear the theories that the print newspaper will soon be dead.
Ever since the printing press was invented, the public has been getting their news in the form of a print pamphlet. Since then, technology and development has improved greatly, yet, the print newspaper has always been constant.
In a day and age where all analog music recordings have been replaced with digital MP3's and all off-air local broadcasting will cease their analog signals, it is surprising that the newspaper is still the main source of news for most Americans. And why wouldn't you pick up a newspaper? Just flip it open, and check out all of the news stories for the day. And the advantage that a newspaper has over CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC is that of a local section. Who wants to hear national news all day? Just flip open the print and read about your city and home.
As a staff writer and the exclusive photographer for The Niagara Index, I have had a fair share of time with the print media. On no other medium can you get as deep of a connection with the reader, while expressing a point or idea at the same time. Print news has been around for ages, and in my opinion, I see no end to it. This is the career that I want to get, and I don't see an end in sight for this field in the near future.
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