Future Journalism

Many information are posted on the Internet for people to read. Newspaper publishing companies has turned online as well. Many younger generations are getting the information of the world on the Internet. Reading of the latest news on the Internet is not new now. This trend is putting many newspaper companies on red alert because ordinary people can report the lastest news, and put it on their blog. The introduction of blog has allow everyone and anyone to become a citizen journalist. Therefore, the traditional medium companies cutting their editorial staffs or asking reporters to become "backpack journalists" who can do everything -- shoot video, take photographs, write stories. The freedom of speech online has not create gatekeepers to verify the truths of the reportings done by citizen journalists. This would have the question of " Do we still need trained journalist?" Columbia University's Sreenivasan has mentioned that we still need journalists who are trained to report on the wars, the politics, etc. This is because citizen journalists write only whatever they wanted.
I came across the video on 2007 New Yorker conference about The Web:2012 (http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/web2012). I find it is a good video as it talks about the future of commerce, journalism, and community on the Internet, featuring Barry Diller, Arianna Huffington, and Craig Newmark. The founder of Huffington post, Arianna Huffington talks about the changes in the world of journalism in 2012. She said that the news would be in real time, and citizen journalists together with mainstream journalists would worked together to provide the news coverage. Criag Newmark has also mentioned in the video that citizen journalist who have accuracy may be better than professional journalists in the future. Arianna feels that the future of news would be taken over by citizen journalists. The reason for this is because headline news would be updated constantly by them causing newspaper publishers follow as well. It is also believe that news would be more transparent and accurate.

References:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/57193.html
http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/web2012
http://www.helium.com/items/511212-triumph-waiting-digital-journalismone

Interenet - history,evoulation

In the past 3-4 decade, Internet has evolved from ARPANET which uses it to exchange information to the World Wide Web which is able to do multiple things, and connect people to different part of the world. Internet was invented by the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the 1962. The early Internet users were computer experts, engineers, scientists, and librarians. In 1989, the World Wide Web was invented using the hypertext. The Internet was controlled by the US government until the 1990s before commercialization of Internet was allowed. The commercialized of Internet has brought about many benefits to people all around the world. The modern day Internet has allowed people to get information, run business, play games, even catch up with friends who are in different countries, etc. All these can be done with just a laptop or a personal computer at the comfort in one's home.
In the past, Internet had limited functions with what people can do. Now, most people cannot live without Internet because it has become the basic communication tool with the world. The invention of Internet has changed people's live, and it is still changing and affecting us. Internet has helped businesses to run 24/7. In addition, it helps many companies to save cost. Many individuals can set up businesses on the Internet without having a need to set up a physical shop. Furthermore, Internet has turned people who are "nobody" into someone well-known. The Internet is a place where many opportunities are created. Have you hop on to this trend?