The document discusses the future of newspapers in light of technological changes and the rise of digital media. It notes that newspaper circulation has been declining for decades as people get news online. It argues that newspapers must adapt to the internet and social media or they will become obsolete. This means embracing new reporting tools and formats to better engage audiences across different platforms. The key to newspapers' survival is evolving with digital and social media rather than sticking to traditional print formats and distribution.

1. The Future of News
Brandon Celentano
Virginia Commonwealth University

2. THE FUTURE OF NEWS 2
Some individuals say that the newspaper is dead or dying because of their publisher’s
current noteworthy financial difficulties in selling them, and even the cutting of newsroom staff
at newspaper publishers, such as The San Francisco Chronicle, due to its need for more revenue.
According to www.economist.com, “…newspapers have the most to lose from the internet.
Circulation has been falling in America, western Europe, Latin America, Australia and New
Zealand for decades.” Also in this article, ‘In his book, “The Vanishing Newspaper” , Philip
Meyer calculates that the first quarter of 2043 will be the moment when newsprint dies in
America as the last exhausted reader tosses aside the last crumpled edition.’
I think that we can assume the culture of media is changing and has changed over time,
and certain outlets will become obsolete or dated and therefore unused by the public. The
newspaper is an instance of this concept. With the rise of the internet and its digital information,
or essentially the global dispersion of information, young people have embraced the new
technology and made it a pivotal part of their daily lives while at the same time abandoned old
media outlets such as the newspaper.
So how can a newspaper organization survive in today’s economic and technological
climate? According to an online journal from the British Broadcasting Company website, Future
of News, “We, like other news organizations, will need to understand and adapt to this with new
tools, formats and ways of working, in the field and in the newsroom, shaping our own platforms
whilst understanding how to make best use of social networks and all the other channels and
platforms available for distributing content and engaging with people.” This means that
newspapers will have to either adapt to the new ways people obtain news or die with their old
ways.

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It is my own opinion, a clear one, that newspaper organizations have only one option,
evolve and become accustomed to the internet and social media platforms or perish. Again,
according to an article by www.abcnews.go.com, “At the root of the problem for newspapers is
the increased use of the Internet.” Also “New ways of reporting, such as blogging, are emerging
every day, and newspapers must adapt.” I personally believe that it’s in the best interest of young
journalists to enter into online reporting rather than newspaper reporting.

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Works Cited
Marquez, L. (2009, February 27). Extra, Extra: Is It the End for Newspapers? Retrieved
September 30, 2015, from http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6973782&page=1
Meyer, P. (2004). The vanishing newspaper saving journalism in the information age. Columbia:
University of Missouri Press.
Parkinson, K. (2015, January 28). Future of News. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/29_01_15future_of_news.pdf
Who killed the newspaper? (2006, August 26). Retrieved September 30, 2015, from
http://www.economist.com/node/7830218