tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13492122.post113245457476891660..comments2024-01-08T11:09:53.281-08:00Comments on McCunications: Well-Known Blogger Visits JMCcynfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666961724033508027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13492122.post-1133407617453754902005-11-30T19:26:00.000-08:002005-11-30T19:26:00.000-08:00This is a topic I have thought about for a long ti...This is a topic I have thought about for a long time. I do not know why traditional media companies are so afraid of the Internet. It seems like they have been fighting it for years but they have finally realized that they don't have a choice but to adapt. NBC just began to offer viewers the opportunity to watch Nightly News online a few weeks ago. It's about time! Because the big news outlets have been trying to ignore the Internet, regular people have become a major source of information (i.e. blogs). This gives more people an opportunity to express themselves and to discuss what is important to them, but it also means that news sources have become increasingly unreliable. Rumors and lies can spread quickly and it is hard to know what Internet sources to trust. I look forward to a time that reputable reporters begin to use the Internet as a legitimate way to spread information. I think that TV and newspapers will be replaced by the internet, but so far, most news sources online are either unreliable or hard to use or expensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13492122.post-1133205583975120382005-11-28T11:19:00.000-08:002005-11-28T11:19:00.000-08:00I'm scared. I am a journalism student at SJSU, pla...I'm scared. I am a journalism student at SJSU, planning on graduating in May and all I hear is bad news; how newspaper readership is down and online news sources rarely survive, how it seems that I am learning nothing people say I should be learning about the web, technology and how to be a "do it all" journalist. My future and the future of those graduating behind me is a mystery. But what we do know is that journalism has always been and will always be about good reporting in an easily understood format. Why don't we let that be the backbone of our department and have other classes, such as ethics and law, web design and editing and multimedia act as the required "icing on the cake" so that students are ready and able to enter the career field of their choice once they graduate. I think the reason we have had so many instances of journalists plagarising and blantantly lying is because the focus of our society has shifted from the importance of good content to flashy design and trendiness. Let's take a look at what's really important and base our classes and mission statement around that.jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952724067994498041noreply@blogger.com