A change is coming

Times are obviously changing. The economy is a disaster, the poverty levels have risen, and news that was once printed solely on paper is now primarily found on the Internet. With this in mind, jobs have begun to diminish, including those within the media industry, which have caused some to head back to school in order to broaden their skills. On page six of "The Art of Editing," the chapter speaks of journalists having to take on other jobs they may have not experience in. "Journalists may train in one medium, go to work upon graduation in another, and at some point change to a third or fourth career, depending on job opportunities at the time." While I consider my medium to be print, I am able to easily change my medium to the World Wide Web because of the generation I have grown up in. However, because print seems to be disappearing, so do the jobs that are already filled in the field, which means workers who are currently working in the field of print, are having to switch over to the World Wide Web.

Chapter 2 continues on to introduce a section on “Credibility and the Media.” A survey conducted by Urban & Associates of Sharon, Mass., found many different results. Findings such as “the public suspects that the points of view and biases of journalists influence what stories are covered and how they are covered," were discovered within the survey. While I don’t believe this is true of smaller newspapers, such as The Flint Journal, I do believe it has more to do with major news media, more so television than newspapers. For example, companies such as those under the control of Rupert Murdoch.