Endangered Newspapers

There is a definite possibility that newspapers might disappear.  They’re practically on the endangered species list, nestled between the Siberian Tiger and the Arakan Forest Turtle.   This sort of strikes close to home for me, not so much the part about the animals (although I’m all for saving the animals), but working for a newspaper has for the past three years been a major career option for me.  Now you see all of these reporters terrified of loosing their jobs.  Newspaper salesmen are working door to door, and although they can be rather persuasive (our family bought the delivery of the Seattle Times..no one in the house reads it), it must be a sign of a dying breed.  I don’t even read the newspaper, I know that’s hypocritical, but I feel like most papers aren’t very good anymore.  They have to work so hard to keep up with the internet and tv news that they almost seem sloppy.  I know the internet is the new option, but I feel like something is missing from online newspapers.  Less work is put into it, and therefore the paper seems less personal.   I feel like maybe magazines are the way to go.  They are specified and actual effort is put into the page design as well as most of the articles.  They also don’t leave your hands smudged in black ink, which is pretty nice.  I’m not sure if the disappearance of newspapers will lead to the disappearance of good journalism.  It does seem like the new media outlets increase laziness.  No one wants to spend too much money or time on one thing, but sometimes that’s exactly what good journalism needs.

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