Will evolving forms of Journalism be an improvement?

News writing takes skills in writing, reading and listening. A good writer knows good material and a good writer knows what bad material is. The entire idea of news writing is to introduce to their audience the current events happening by radio, broadcasting and most importantly to deliver an outstanding newspaper. The cost of having good writers isn’t cheap, as the article mentions “news is expensive; opinion is cheap,” (224). Which brings us to the updated changes in Journalism. Journalism now comes in different forms such as “dialogic formats” rather than being “traditional practices.” Newspapers rather pay less money for writers who can contribute a decent opinion, instead of paying more for writers who can compose a story with in depth content. Journalism is now becoming a business, rather than what it use to be.

The media is where people get their outside information, so it is important material is written well. Having to mix professionals and amateurs together when it comes to writing a newspaper, can display the lack of content within stories. Yes, journalism is evolving but it’s not evolving into an improvement, “So much for new media. But what about old media,” (220).