We talked about the newspapers and its situation in class, but after hearing to an insider´s opinion, the issue became even more serious to me. Bob Wigginton has 20 t0 25 years of experience as a journalist, enough to give an opinion on what has been happening to the newspaper industry and to journalists. What he said was very accurate and interesting because it made us engage more in the problem that newspapers are facing, making us realize that we are part of the problem, and that it does has to do with us. He seemed spontaneous and relaxed, which made me conclude even more that he really knew what he was talking about because he didn’t need a lot of information or extra preparation, he just talked supported by his experience in the field.
When he started the session he said “imagine your life without newspapers” and that really made me think. What if we get to a time when we don’t have a newspaper to look for serious news? A time when we could only go to web sites and choose what to believe and what not to believe? A time when anyone and everyone could be called a journalist and they wouldn’t need any kind of preparation for it? I think that no one wants that. Even though we sometimes criticize the newspaper industry because they let us know only what they want or manipulate the reader´s mind, they are still our first and most accurate source of information, and we have to protect it.
Bob Wigginton clearly stated that the main problem with the newspaper industry is that they are now being owned by people who know nothing about journalism and have no other interest than money. That’s why newspapers are in a crisis, they have fired a lot of journalists and other members that may not seem so important, but they are. Another cause that also contributes to the crisis is the rapid growth of internet and generation Y. Thanks to the internet some people (especially younger generations) no longer read newspapers but find information on the web. We live in a world that needs to hear what is going on in it, said Bob Wigginton, and it is true, so let’s do something about it and start giving journalists and newspapers the importance they deserve.
America´s Struggling Newspapers:
When he started the session he said “imagine your life without newspapers” and that really made me think. What if we get to a time when we don’t have a newspaper to look for serious news? A time when we could only go to web sites and choose what to believe and what not to believe? A time when anyone and everyone could be called a journalist and they wouldn’t need any kind of preparation for it? I think that no one wants that. Even though we sometimes criticize the newspaper industry because they let us know only what they want or manipulate the reader´s mind, they are still our first and most accurate source of information, and we have to protect it.
Bob Wigginton clearly stated that the main problem with the newspaper industry is that they are now being owned by people who know nothing about journalism and have no other interest than money. That’s why newspapers are in a crisis, they have fired a lot of journalists and other members that may not seem so important, but they are. Another cause that also contributes to the crisis is the rapid growth of internet and generation Y. Thanks to the internet some people (especially younger generations) no longer read newspapers but find information on the web. We live in a world that needs to hear what is going on in it, said Bob Wigginton, and it is true, so let’s do something about it and start giving journalists and newspapers the importance they deserve.
America´s Struggling Newspapers:
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