Journalism Threatened by The Internet

Since we can remember newspapers has been the headline source of information for the people. The newspaper gives us all of the important latest news. They inform the people on what’s going on in the world, to what’s going on in our daily in our government. Newspapers also tell us things that are going on in our local communities. The World Wide Web gave access to people to be able to do their own journalism without having to print out an actual newspaper. Many of these informative news sites started to take place in blog. Then newspapers and news stations started to use the internet to inform the people.   

The movie “Page One” discusses how there is a big decline in the sales of newspapers. This is causing newspaper companies to go out of business because of the internet. The movie mainly focuses on the New York Times and how they have always been thriving in Journalism since they began. One reason why they are still thriving is because they have created a website to where it’s just as informative as the actual paper itself. One journalist from the New York Times stated that “everything is moving to the internet/media. If you can’t get with it, then you can’t move on.” That was one of the reasons why they have kept on being successful. Some of the older journalist were still accustomed to the older practices and still kept that instilled. One of the journalist stated that “sometimes going out and getting the story is just better than just getting a video.” Which is very true and what the internet media has come to now.

Wiki Leaks is an internet news/journalism source of information for the people to view and get the latest news. They are known for posting videos on the internet, which is the opposite of what newspapers, such as the New York Times likes to do.

There are many reasons why the internet can be a great source of news/journalism for the people. Obviously news can be posted quicker by a click of a button. Also more people use the internet every day, rather than picking up a newspaper to read on what’s going on in the world. Also having news on the internet is a way to save money so that paper wouldn’t be wasted.

Journalism is currently slowly declining and the use of an actual newspaper is also declining.