Death of Newspapers

If the downward trend of print journalism continues, people can look forward to the demise of print newspapers.

You may ask: Why does the death of print newspapers matter? While there isn’t one distinct reason why this event matters, there are several important things to keep in mind.

First, let’s pay some attention to the significance of the Internet in this topic. In 2013, people can gather news whenever and wherever they want. People can quickly get updates on twitter or scan several different news sources. This obviously caused problems for newspapers as many only produce daily. The problem with new technology is that anybody can be a journalist or reporter. With many of these blogs, there is no credibility behind what is being said. Also, they may not even have the proper experience to write certain stories or articles. All of this has lead not only to the decline of newspapers, but the decline of journalism.

The decline of newspapers has also in my opinion led to much less educated citizens. In the past many people just simply read a newspaper from top to bottom to be informed. Now, people to pick and choose what kind of news they want. People can vary from credible websites like the New York Times to less credible such as TMZ. If people choose to get news from less credible websites how can we expect them to properly vote for our presidents or even fulfill their civic duties?

I hope as a future journalist that print newspapers don’t fully fade away. They are too important in my opinion to disappear from the public. Time will tell where newspapers end up in the coming years.