Ideas about the Reading

Each of these four articles brought up interesting points dealing with the new direction in which journalism is going. I can definitely use certain tips from each article to make an online news publication. For instance, Zuckerman explains how the multitude of choices on the Internet actually can work against readers. Instead of readers searching for the broad international news with their hyperlocal news (because that's possible), they only turn to the news mediums that coincide with their beliefs and preconceptions. Instead of hearing opinions that differ from their own, making them an objective decider of events or issues, readers are polarizing themselves. Since I definitely see this happening more and more everyday, I would make sure that my online news publication identified with no one single party or belief. Each "front page" would hold a variety of stories, featured in at least a few paragraphs before one would have to click the link, to ensure that readers were seeing stories from different perspectives and not just clicking on the story that seems closest to their heart.
Morris convinced me that a major in journalism is indeed money not wasted- a nice change of opinion! Since young people definitely are more digital-savvy I agree that hiring fresh, young journalists who might not be as invested in the old form of journalism is a good idea. They will have insight where veterans won't, and they will understand the necessity of communicating with the readers through web chats, emails or possibly even Facebook? Niles and Mindich, too, reminded me that in my online news publication the writers must break out of the mold of pastime journalism. Yes they still need to be objective, fair and critical, but they need to have passion. They need to write a story that they really care about and want others to care about, and if that means that they can't rip off as many as they used to before deadline, then so be it. On the Internet, it's quality over quantity, in my opinion. Since readers can go anywhere in cyberspace to get more news anyway, they need to have a reason to keep coming back to read my publication. Possibly this way we will engage young people again. Niles wrote about how they don't want to be apart of something fake or sensationalized or formulaic. They want to be apart of something real. Maybe my publication could have a section for middle school children to start getting them involved with the news at an early age. Hopefully they would continue on with their participation and start a new generation of involved people.